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Rent, Leases & Ijarah
1,369 fatawa from 6 South African Darul Iftas on Rent, Leases & Ijarah, part of Business & Finance. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
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Rent, Leases & Ijarah fatawa — page 1 of 35
- Mufti Online6 Oct 2026
Woman keeping students at her home to earn an income
A couple used to host students studying as an income, where the students stay in the house and a cooked meal is provided and a place to sleep. The…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online23 Sep 2026
Letting out cottages on one's farm to non-Muslims
There's someone that wants to let out some cottages on his farm. The person is wealthy so they're not short of money and he has a high level of…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ibn Masood14 Sep 2026
Leasing Out Premises To Sinful Vendors
Is it permissible to lease a space in a commercial shopping centre for the following activities: 1. Bank 2. Money-loaning company 3. Church 4.…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Ibn Masood7 Sep 2026
Rental On Inherited Property
An unmarried adult daughter occupies three commercial shops belonging to a family property. Her father allowed this during his lifetime, but he also…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online30 Aug 2026
Renting an apartment to a music teacher
I have a small apartment, can I rent it to a tenant who is a music teacher in school? Is it permissible?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online21 Jul 2026
Mudhaarib hiring the rabbul maal to pack products in the warehouse
I intend to enter into a Mudhaarabah agreement as a Mudhaarib, kindly advise me if the below transaction between the Mudhaarib and Rabbul maal is…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online14 Jul 2026
Working at a cider mill
I would like to work at a cider mill near my home. They produce apple cider, and the majority of their products contain alcohol. Only two of their…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online7 Jul 2026
Accepting a gift or working for someone whose income is haraam
1. If all of a person's income is haraam, can you accept a gift of dawat from such a person (i.e. you are sure that he has no halaal wealth or…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online7 Jul 2026
Receiving gifts from a person who works in the bank
I would like advice regarding the following: My father works in the bank and it's his only source of income. After finding out that interest is war…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online21 Jun 2026
Dressmaker altering clothing of non-Muslims for Diwali or Christmas
Is it permissible for a tailor/dressmaker to alter clothing of non-Muslims? For example if a Hindu brings a sari to alter for Diwali or a Christian…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Azaadville11 Jun 2026
Penalising A Tenant For Late Or Non-Payment Of A Rental Amount
If a tenant does not pay the rental on time or does not pay the rental at all, can the tenant be penalised? What action can be taken if the tenant…
- Mufti Online18 May 2026
Working in a non-Muslim butcher selling pork
My father is a Muslim. He got a job offer by a non-muslim to come and work for him. My father is a blockman in a butchery. He cuts meat and so…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood13 May 2026
Tenant Dispute
A landlord rents out a property with three separate houses. The property has a borehole which feeds three water tanks, each with its own pipe into…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online10 May 2026
Relative on property cutting off water supply from tenants
There is a landlord that has a property. On it there are three homes. In the one main home is a close relative that stays. The other two are rented…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online21 Apr 2026
Fixing the time and work of a domestic worker
Please advise with regard to the following aspects in connection with domestic helpers: 1. Is it necessary to fix the daily/weekly times of work, or…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online14 Apr 2026
Auditing a company that sells alcohol
I work in an audit firm. One of the clients we have is a retail supermarket with over 25 companies/branches. 1 of the companies is selling alcohol.…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood7 Apr 2026
Lease Dispute
I signed a commercial lease agreement with my landlord for a period of three years. After approximately six months, I experienced severe financial…
Mufti Abdur Rahman Abdur Razak - Ibn Masood6 Apr 2026
Deception In Tax
My landlord is not VAT-registered but issues me with a Tax Invoice and charges me VAT. Is this correct for him to do?
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Camperdown6 Apr 2026
Rent After Purchasing a Shared Property
Two individuals, Zaid and Bakr, each own a 50% share of a property. Zaid has now purchased Bakr’s 50% share through instalments. The question is: to…
Baba Abu Bakr - Ibn Masood25 Mar 2026
Rental Dispute In Property
There are seven co-owners who jointly own a building. From those seven, four individuals have a separate partnership who run a business in the…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online8 Feb 2026
Engaging in ibaadah to please one's husband
It is understood that a husband gains happiness seeing his wife engaged in ibaadaat without him telling her to. We learn that all ibaadaat should be…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online7 Feb 2026
Charging the tenant for the letter of demand due to his overdue account
We have a property with several tenants from which we collect rental. Unfortunately, some tenants do not pay their rental on time and delay some…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online4 Jan 2026
Charging the customer a set fee for using the card machine
What is the ruling for someone who is using a card machine and charges the customer the same percentage that the company charges them for using the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online3 Jan 2026
Doing the decor for a birthday party
I recently started learning how to do balloon decorations and someone asked me to make some decor for their birthday party and my mom agreed without…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online29 Dec 2025
Taking one's right from one's employers who never pay one for few months
My company does not pay me on time. Salaries have been delayed for over 6 months. Now they have allocated money for a project. But the client has…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood8 Dec 2025
Landlord Requesting A Deposit
Can a landlord request a deposit to be paid when letting out his premises?
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online4 Dec 2025
Delivering haraam items
I want to ask about earnings from food delivery services in a non Muslim country/community. Uber Eats, Door Dash are the delivery service name. The…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online1 Dec 2025
Not specifying the salary of the employee in the contract
I have a question for Mufti Saheb regarding a business contract for an employee. I am an optometrist and have my own optometry practice. It is the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online20 Nov 2025
Real estate agent taking agency fees
I have two question regarding the agency fees for real estate. 1. Is the agency fees haraam for an agent if he shows numerous real estate properties…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online11 Nov 2025
Previous lease agreement automatically terminating when purchasing a property
We acquired a property upon which the tenant has a six year lease on terms that fall far short of market related rentals. Are we obliged to renew…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online5 Nov 2025
Muslim lawyer doing work for a gay or lesbian
1. A lesbian woman approaches a Muslim notary to draw up an Antenuptial contract for a civil union with another woman. 2. A person who is openly…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Nov 2025
Masjid having an Islamic shop and a multi purpose hall
Is it permissible for the masjid to have an Islamic shop in the wudhu area of the masjid for the the benefit of the masjid and having a multi…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Nov 2025
Doing jobs for a democratic government
In a democratic government, which types of jobs, taxes, and educational activities are permissible for a Muslim to participate in, and which ones…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online30 Oct 2025
Leasing a property to a non-Muslim supermarket and takeaway
I got a business property that's vacant. There's a non Muslim who wished to rent it out for a supermarket and takeaway. He will be selling haraam…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online16 Oct 2025
Designing websites or apps which contain haraam elements
I am a UI/UX designer based in Bangladesh. UI/UX means the apps we see on mobile and the websites we see on the web. I design those interfaces, and…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online23 Sep 2025
Using hotel amenities and taking extras home
Is the following permitted: 1. Charging power bank from hotel socket so one will save some electricity from one's own house 2. Ironing multiple…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online21 Sep 2025
Charging the employee for early termination of employment
I have an issue on which I need Islamic guidance. I was working in a company, and according to the company’s contract, if any employee leaves the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online21 Sep 2025
Passing on lessons online to a non-mahram via messages
If a female gave written lessons that she copied and wrote to a non mahram online by forwarding paragraphs of the written down lessons with the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online18 Sep 2025
Doing personal work during working hours
I have a full-time job with work hours 8am-5pm per the contract. If I have completed all my work responsibilities and have free time, am I allowed…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam8 Sep 2025
Please could you answer the following question.
As-Salaam-u-alaikum, At my local mosque i have noticed that every time the prophets(pbuh) name is mentioned, some people kiss there thumbs then…
Moulana Muhammad ibn Moulana Haroon Abbassommar
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