Question:- The shop has a computer system whereby the selling pricing is captured and set on the computer. Sometimes the salesperson manually increases the saved selling price by R10 - R20 more when scanning items to accommodate for losses due to theft. Is this...
Question:- Someone is selling data. Is it allowed for someone else to sell the same data at a higher price? Example, If person A was selling 100GB MTN data for R500, can person B advertise this MTN 100GB to his customers at R600 (R100 of his own profit) Then, if...
QUESTION: With regards to something like what Checkers introduced, whereby one pays R99 as part of their membership program, and as part of being a member one receives (I think) a 10 percent discount as well as delivery perks etc, Would that be permissible? Also, with...
QUESTION: Please advise on the following: I purchased a watch from a company. I wore it twice and then decided I did not like it and I want to return it. The company lists the following reasons for returns: “unwanted item”; “no longer like the product”; “wrong...
QUESTION: Is it permissible to repair TV's if you work as an electrician? ANSWER: The income derived from selling and repairing televisions is Makrooh-e-Tahreemi because the television is primarily used in acts of vice and evil. [Re:- Ahsanul Fataawa Pg.543 Vol.6] ...
In principle, a lost item is of two types: A. Such a lost item that the owner normally wouldn’t return to look for it, for example, the seed of a date, or pomegranate peels. If such an item is picked up by the finder, then due to it holding hardly any value, it will...
QUESTION: Is it permissible to buy/download pirated content such as courses to learn business or beneficial skills for work? ANSWER: From a Shari’ee perspective there is no harm in purchasing pirated content since copyrights are not recognised in Shariah. Yes, if the...
QUESTION: 1. Is it permissible to use the airtime advanced feature with an extra fee of the later payment option (for emergency & normal usage)? 2. Can one use, for example, "Voda bucks" that one's network offers as a reward for when loading airtime, to receive...