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Buying, Selling & Trade
1,711 fatawa from 8 South African Darul Iftas on Buying, Selling & Trade, part of Business & Finance. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.
By Darul Ifta
Buying, Selling & Trade fatawa — page 11 of 43
- Azaadville29 Sep 2022
Letting Premises To A Butchery Selling Haraam Meat
We bought a property which had a lease in place with a butchery that sells non halaal products. The lease is expiring soon, can we still keep the…
- Azaadville27 Sep 2022
Smoking, Buying Selling Shisha
What is the ruling on buying and selling shisha. Also what is the ruling on smoking Shisha?
- Azaadville23 Sep 2022
A Car Dealership Charging Commission On A Sale
Is it permissible for me to give a car dealer my car to sell. I tell him I want R50 000.00 for it. He will put it on his stand and try to find a…
- Azaadville22 Sep 2022
An Accountant Negotiating Interest Transactions
I’m an accountant in a Transport & Freight company. My job is to do all accounting and financing works. Sometimes I have to deal with the interest.…
- Jamiat KZN22 Sep 2022
Buy Back Conditions in Transactions
My friend needs cash immediately. He wants to sell his car to me for Half a Million Rand on condition that I sell the car back to him after one…
Mufti Ismaeel Bassa - Ibn Masood21 Sep 2022
Monetising ‘You-Tube’ videos
Is it permissible to monetise videos on YouTube? The videos do not contain any Haraam content.
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Azaadville10 Sep 2022
Differing Cash And Installment Sale Prices
I would like to know if it will be permissible to buy an item where the seller says that if you pay me cash I will sell to you at e.g. 2000 while if…
- Ibn Masood9 Sep 2022
Buying and Selling e-books and digital images
Can Mufti please explain the reason for an item to be tangible in order to sell it? Please provide proofs or references? Does that mean if something…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Ibn Masood7 Sep 2022
Property wholesaling
I would like to know if property wholesaling is permissible? If it is not permissible, then what would I have to do, or change, that will make it…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Mufti Online1 Sep 2022
Selling pig feed
Are we allowed to sell pig feed?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ibn Masood30 Aug 2022
Supplier directly supplying retail outlets
Can my supplier, who operates an abattoir, sell to me (the distributor) at a certain price, while at the same time supply to retail customers in the…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Ibn Masood27 Aug 2022
Consuming and selling dead fish
I have a pond full of fish which I sell. Last month, I did not harvest my fish on time due to which more than a hundred fish died. These fish died…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Mufti Online18 Aug 2022
Recording interest transactions as part of one's work
I have a contemporary business question to inquire about. Would it be permissible to apply for work at a company that deals with various financial…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood16 Aug 2022
Using a “student’s card” to qualify for discounted fare
I live in Turkey where students pay half-fare for transport. I am not a university student but currently studying certain subjects. I don’t have a…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Mufti Online10 Aug 2022
Selling water to one's neighbours and tenants
Is it permissible to sell water in the following scenario: you have a private meter for your municipal water and you sell this water to your…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Azaadville9 Aug 2022
Selling A Piano
A Muslim brother had bought a piano when he was heedless of the Din. Now that he is learning the Din, he wants to get rid of it. Is he allowed to…
- Ibn Masood8 Aug 2022
Purchasing an archery set advertised on a TV programme
I have been interested in archery for some time now, and wanted to know if it is permissible to purchase archery sets and equipment that is sold…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Ibn Masood8 Aug 2022
Status of corrupt conditions in a contract
I am studying Ifta and currently analyzing the Haraam nature of Islamic banking. One of the main arguments used is, that promises may be made…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Mufti Online6 Aug 2022
Taking possession of an item before selling it
I want to sell items (mostly food) via social media. e.g. tubs of biscuits, sweetmeats, pastries etc. I do not make these items nor keep any on hand…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online6 Aug 2022
Befriending non-Muslims and buying haraam food for them
At work with non-Muslims, my colleagues wanted to eat with me and I volunteered to buy the food. They asked me if it is ok if they get pepperoni…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Azaadville5 Aug 2022
Stipulating A Restraint Of Trade On A Supplier
Is it permissible for a trader to inform a supplier that he deals to not give the same items to other traders in that immediate area as the…
- Mufti Online4 Aug 2022
Selling books authored by Salafis
1. Is it permitted to sell books authored by Salafis? This is specific regard to books on Hadith and Aqeedah. 2. What is the status of the income…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online28 Jul 2022
Friend taking an interest-bearing loan from a bank on one's behalf
I want to take an interest loan from a bank through a friend since the bank would only be willing to lend it to my friend and not myself because of…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood28 Jul 2022
Using and selling Himalayan-salt lamps
I would like to query whether using or selling Himalayan Salt Rock lamps, is permissible? I have heard that these are linked to Buddhist traditions,…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Ibn Masood28 Jul 2022
Selling imitation rings
Is it permissible to sell non-plated gold and silver rings or imitation rings?
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Mufti Online18 Jul 2022
Copyright for images
I am editing a kitaab where I have placed different titles in arabic (Alayhis salaam, Radi-Allahu-Anhu etc.) after the names of the Sahaabah,…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Azaadville14 Jul 2022
Selling A Vehicle Registered In the Following Year
It is common practice that a vehicle is purchased in November or December, and registered in the next year. This is done so that the car is sold for…
- Azaadville4 Jul 2022
A Business Selling Cameras
Is it permissible to have a business that sells cameras, camera equipment, laptops etc and provide a facility for people to print their photos?
- Ibn Masood2 Jul 2022
Purchasing goods from one supplier only
Kindly advise on the permissibility of two parties (i.e. buyer and seller) entering into an agreement whereby the purchaser agrees to purchase an…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Azaadville1 Jul 2022
A Printing Company Printing Images Of Animate Objects
A group of us printers have recently asked each other in terms of us getting any sin for printing faces and eyes and animate objects on flyers,…
- Azaadville29 Jun 2022
Remembering A Fault After Having Sold An Item
If a car was sold and one fault was not mentioned due to the seller forgetting or not knowing and after the car is sold the fault comes to mind….…
- Azaadville28 Jun 2022
Selling Haraam Meat to Non-Muslims
Can you sell carrion or haraam meat to non-Muslims. If there is only doubt about it being haraam, what us the ruling?
- Mufti Online22 Jun 2022
Making taubah for taking an interest loan
If a person, who in ignorance, took out an interest loan, thereafter realized his sin, made sincere taubah and made a promise to Allah never to take…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood22 Jun 2022
Selling the same products as neighbour
I bake and sell from home. My neighbour also sells similar products to what I sell. She wants to know as to why I am selling products similar to…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Azaadville22 Jun 2022
Selling Haraam Items
What is the ruling of selling haraam items eg. biscuits etc, not alcohol and haram meat.
- Azaadville15 Jun 2022
Charging A Membership Fee To Become An Agent
Zaid has a factory which manufactures cosmetics. Many costumers want to become his agents. He charges them a membership fee so that they can become…
- Ibn Masood13 Jun 2022
Selling items comprising of LGBTQ colours
I sell items from home, and recently someone brought to my attention that it is not advisable to sell items that are multi-coloured, as it is a…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Azaadville13 Jun 2022
Transfer Costs
If a house or a car is sold who should bear the transfer costs?
- Azaadville11 Jun 2022
An Agent Taking An Agreed Commission On An Unstipulated Selling Price
A asks B to sell an item for him. He doesn’t mention how much he should sell it for. They agree that whatever amount it is sold for, B will get a…
- Azaadville11 Jun 2022
An Agent Keeping Anything Above The Agreed Sale Amount
A asks B to sell a phone for him for R5000 and says that if you sell it for more than R5000, then the extra amount is yours. Is this permissible? If…
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