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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 16 of 43
- Mufti Online31 Jan 2021
Ordering an item without knowing the price
Is it permissible to buy products on credit if I do not know the price of the product? For example, I order some things, the seller delivers the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online30 Jan 2021
Selling an item before paying for it in full
I purchased an item for R10 000. However, I have only paid R1 000 so far, and the rest of the R9 000 will be paid later within a set time period.…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online28 Jan 2021Roman Urdu
Amazon par business karna
Kia amazon par business karna halal hai ya haram kiyun kai is mai jo stuff hota hai wo China sai direct amazon par jata hai aur amazon khud hee…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online16 Jan 2021
Giving the buyer a gift for purchasing over a certain amount
A website is selling books at a discounted price. Whoever buys books for more than R250 gets a free bookmark. Whoever buys books for more than R750…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online29 Dec 2020
Customers returning gas cylinders with some gas inside to a gas distributor
I am a LP gas distributor. We supply retail and wholesale customers. We collect empty cylinders from the customers which are then exchanged for full…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Dec 2020
Using an item purchased through an invalid transaction
Since there are lots of rules of a valid transaction (I have read in Behishti Zewar), if a person purchases something with an invalid transaction,…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Dec 2020
Shareholders selling their shares
Seven people own shares in an asset, and have different wishes regarding what should be done with the asset i.e some wish to sell the asset while…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online28 Nov 2020
Patenting an idea or design
Is it halaal for someone to patent his idea, invention or design? Also, is it halaal for him to earn through his patents?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam9 Nov 2020
Am i allowed to daytrade stocks?
Assalumalikum hope you are well i have two question regardinf stock shares. 1. Am i allowed to invest into shares like soical media platforms such…
Hammad Ibn Ismail Jogiat - Mufti Online4 Nov 2020
Selling products that are not in one's possession
I would like to know if I can deal in the following ways: 1. Sell a product on an online platform and receive payment (part or full) but the product…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online27 Oct 2020
Doing business with Amazon
While doing wholesale business with Amazon, one buys the product from a seller in another country and then drops it off at Amazon. We shall be…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online22 Oct 2020
Using shyft by Standard Bank
Forex trading currency through mobile app from standard bank. Money is transferred to shyft in rands, which can be used to purchase at any time…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam20 Oct 2020
Are these 3 companies Shariah Compliant to buy shares on the JSE?
Aslm, I would like to know if these 3 companies are shariah compliant to buy shares on the JSE. 1. PPC LTD 2. SEPHAKU HOLDINGS LTD 3. CITY LODGE…
- Mufti Online19 Oct 2020Roman Urdu
Bitcoin ki lain dain
Bitcoin/Blockchain fully decentralized and secure technology ya Crypto currency ki lain dain ke bare me bataye ke is ki lain dain se islam ko koi…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online19 Oct 2020
Selling an item not yet in one's possession
Is it permissible for a supplier to: 1. Sell/enter into deals for goods not yet in his possession (not physically present), but the goods have been…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Jamiat KZN13 Oct 2020
Forward Sale
I am a housewife and I run an online store from home. Sometimes I have stock to supply my customers and sometimes I do not have stock. I know that I…
- Mufti Online22 Sep 2020
Purchasing from a person who did not yet taken possession of the item
Is it permissible to buy an item from a kaafir who has not yet taken possession of the item? Further if a Muslim sells an item which he has not…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online21 Sep 2020
Forex trading
Is Forex trading halaal?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online19 Sep 2020
Buying electricity from different countries and working in electrical plants
1. Is it a valid transaction when a company pays money to buy electricity from different countries? 2. Is it a halal job - ensuring that people get…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online17 Sep 2020
Opening a medical store
Is opening a medical store business halaal in Islam?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online14 Sep 2020
Making and selling artwork
Is it permissible to make and sell artwork?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online14 Sep 2020
Accepting a different currency from a customer and exchanging it for a better rate later on
I work at the airport at a car rental. Now if a customer comes and wants to pay in Euros but we accept only Dinars, to make his work easy I take the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam4 Sep 2020
Is it allowed in islam to earn money through selling car insurance?
Can i sell car insurance? Is it allowed in islam to earn money through selling car insurance?
Mahmood Suliman - Mufti Online1 Sep 2020
Getting an item invoiced at a lower price when purchasing from a foreign country to pay less tax
Many people do business and import items from foreign countries. Due to our country charging tax on the items imported, many people get the item…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online30 Aug 2020
Income from selling malt beverages
I want to start a business by selling non-alcoholic malt beverages. I want to know whether that income will be halaal or haraam?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online25 Aug 2020
Buying shares in a company where 5% or less of the company investment is in haraam activities
In order to buy stock shares, I have seen a ruling that says that only 5% or less of a company investment should be in haraam activities like…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online24 Aug 2020Roman Urdu
Bank me kaam karna
State bank of Pakistan me nokri karna kaisa he? Agar duty me sood likhna/kaatna shamil ho? Agar shamil na ho? Income ka zariya sood mana jaega ya…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam12 Jul 2020
Using an expert advisor to make trades online - Is it permissible?
Assalamualaikum Imam, Here is my Question ? I am a software developer and recently I discovered a powerful algorithm that could be used to develop…
Ikraam Elias Gangat - Mufti Online11 Apr 2020
Using freelancer.com website
There is a website called freelancer.com , where a person can hire graphics designers, website designers and the like, to do work for him. One…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online22 Mar 2020
Purchasing stolen items
If someone has done fraud and is selling designer clothing and items by means of fraud, is it permissible to buy any clothes, shoes or accessories…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online22 Mar 2020
Buying shares in Netflix
I wanted to buy some stocks on Netflix as there seems to be a high potential for it to rise up in profits, what would be your advise?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online11 Mar 2020
Giving interest money to buy raffle tickets
I had around $48.5 of interest money in my Australian bank account. I wanted to get rid of it by giving it to a poor person. A few days back, in my…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online29 Feb 2020
Unintentionally purchasing a heart shaped doughnut on Valentine's day
I bought a donut from Dunkin Donuts because I was hungry and it ended up being heart shaped because of Valentine’s Day. I do not celebrate Valentine…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online23 Feb 2020
Selling items left behind by outgoing tenants
1. Often, when tenants vacate the premises, they leave items behind. Is the landlord entitled to sell these items and keep the money? 2. In the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online19 Feb 2020
Exchanging old notes for new notes with a profit
I have R1000 worth of R100 notes. However, these are the old notes and I want to change them for the new R100 notes. The agent said that he will…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online19 Feb 2020
Online retailers acquiring the goods for the customer
Some online retailers clearly mention that the item is not in stock, and they will acquire it for the customer from the supplier. In this case, what…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online19 Feb 2020
Online retailers selling items they do not keep in stock
Online retailers often sell items that they don’t keep in stock. They conclude the sale and take payment immediately and thereafter acquire the item…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online19 Feb 2020
Drop shipping
Is the trading concept of ‘drop shipping’ permissible? In ‘drop shipping’, the trader does not keep stock of any item. Instead, he accepts payment…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 Feb 2020
Selling currencies on credit
1. I have a friend that buys euros from me. He usually buys from me because I give him facilities to pay. For example, I sell him 20 000 euros at 13…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online18 Feb 2020
Purchasing without knowledge of the item and attaching the condition of non-return
I know a person who imports goods from China. He is offering to sell one of his containers to me. The problem is that I don’t know what goods are in…
Mufti Zakaria Makada
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