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  • Bought a stolen item unknowingly

    If I buy anything from anyone and start using it. Later i come to know that the thing I brought was actually stolen from anyone else. What shall i do with the thing?What about my money that I paid for it? .. More

  • Selling feed to pig farmers

    Is selling feed to pig farmers allowed? I am a first time tapioca farmer from malaysia. Initially I had no plans (niat) to sell to pig farmers. Since pig farmers pay more than the local middlemen if sold direct, I am toying with the idea but afraid of the hukm. Pig farmers buy tapioca in large quantities to feed their pigs. Pork is either exported or.. More

  • Wants to buy a leased truck owned by a bank

    salamo 3alaykoom, my Q. is about "riba". i want to buy a transport truck for my business from a user of the truck since it still belong to Bank. the User bought it as leasing with a total 20000 f.example. is the following methods HALAL or not ?: - making a contract with the bank with same price 20000 which will be paid by month without extra charges.. More

  • His brothers illegally sold a piece of land owned by his sick father

    First of all, I would like to thank you for your site and services. Facts My 2 old brothers witnessed the sale of a piece of land belonging to our father who suffers from Azheimer. My 2 brothers implicated our mother who was a witness to the transaction as well. I have tried very hard to explain to them that what they have done is illegal and is against.. More

  • Buying and selling goods via phone before possessing them

    Dear Shaikh, Can a person buy goods from the seller simply over the phone and sell it immediately in the same way (over the phone), without actually possessing it ? For example, can a person buy a container of potatoes over the phone that's on its way in a ship on the sea (not in his possession) and also sell it to someone over the phone without actually.. More

  • Selling products on which there are indecent pictures of women

    Assalaamu'alaikum, I would like to open a shop selling health and beauty products. Unfortunately most of these products have pictures of women in very revealing clothes posing in very provcative manner. The posters to advertise them are more terrible. So I can sell products that have pictures of women not covering their awrah? I can put these products.. More

  • Selling the leather of dead animals before it is tanned

    I have a question concerning trade. I have a Muslim friend who buys skins from Mushrikeen who have either slaughtered that animal in an improper way or an animal which has died, and then sells to another person who is also a Muslim and that person also sells to another person who takes it to tannery. I wanted to know if this trade is lawful and.. More

  • Buying a stolen item knowingly

    Me and my non-Muslim friend went to electronic store he bought stereo amplify and a lot more, but he used other people's credit cart (scam) I was with him and I know it, after that we got out. The question is when we got out I bought the amplify from my non-Muslim back for $200.00 and now I still have that amplify @ home and I know it is a sin,.. More

  • Renting contract which ends by owning the house

    I live in Canada, and there is a Muslim Housing program that is available to help Muslims purchase homes or businesses. The way this works is based on partnership, where I put 30% of the price of the house I choose, then the corporation puts the remaining 70%. The corporation "rents" its share over a period of time at a yearly rate of 7% of the.. More

  • His father owns a liquor store

    I live with my family in the USA and then my dad have liquor store when I told him we have to get out and looking for Halaal and he said am not going to sell in cheap price do I perpetrate sins when I help and Allaah know that I don't want to help him but I don't want him to say that I disobey to him please tell me the right way? If my daddy sold the.. More

  • Buying a house on 'Sale to lease' agreement

    A co-operative in Australia is offering financing for house purchases by doing the following: The idea is called 'sale to lease' (S2L), when the property is found, a contract is drawn between the seller and the buyer to purchase the property under the buyer's name. The co-operative pays the seller the amount agreed upon between the buyer and the.. More

  • Selling Haram to non-Muslims

    I am a Muslim. I heard an Egyptian Mufti that we can sell forbidden things to non-Muslims if we live in a non-Muslim country (like pork). It is said that Ibn Taymiyah allowed Muslims to make and sell alcohol to the Tartars when they controlled Muslim countries. Please advise me about this matter. .. More

  • Her husband owns a liquor store

    I am writing to find a religious answer for a Muslim woman married to American Muslim. He has a liquor store. When he became Muslim the Sheikh said it is ok for him to get his money back from this store because he had nothing else. As soon as he sells all the liquor he can start a different business. Now he has been a Muslim for two years and.. More

  • Returning unsold items to the supplier

    Our Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) said don't combine two transactions into one. Does this include asking the supplier to pack the customers goods and sent it as well. I read that sheikh Ibn Uthaimeen (May Allah forgive him) said that stipulating a condition to return unsold items to the supplier is not valid. Please forgive me for any mistakes.. More

  • Buying Car on Lease Agreement

    I would like to ask you a question about buying a car by leasing. My wife wants to buy a car; we don't have money to pay cash and we don't have an Islamic bank in our country (Morocco). She needs to have a car to go to her work and avoid to taking public transportation because it's very bad and unrespectful of women. .. More