Buying and Selling
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How is the zakat calculated for a project of building an apartment building and selling its units upon completion of construction, and when is its due date? Is each partner responsible only for the zakat of his share, and is one who refrains from paying his share sinful?
Is it permissible to exchange ten paper dirhams for nine metal dirhams, and is that considered usury (riba)?
What is the ruling on cultivating poppies?
What is the ruling on designing signs for barbershops and women's beauty salons? Is it permissible based on the permissibility of the thing itself, or is it impermissible due to the impermissibility of other things?
Should a Muslim merchant include the price of a car he sold, in order to buy another, with the value of his trade goods to zakat them together, or should he zakat the trade goods only and disregard the car's price? And is zakat due on a car that is used with the intention of selling it for profit?
Is the leverage used in trading currencies, metals, and stocks, which multiplies purchasing power many times over, considered usurious, or is the purchasing process with it valid, given the existence of two different prices (a price of 3.75 riyals and an actual trading price of 0.375)?
What must a person who bought and sold cigarettes, benefiting from the price difference between two countries, do, and is he required to give out all the money earned from this work (capital and profit), or is it sufficient to give out only the profit?
Is it permissible to apply for a financial grant from a private company whose source of profit is unknown, taking into account that the majority of similar companies are lenient in usurious dealings?
Is it permissible for a company that owns fuel to sell its remaining stock at a certain price, especially after being exposed to fire and losses due to war and blockade conditions, knowing that the market price in the besieged area differs from that in the unbesieged area?
Is it permissible to sell dogs for guarding and for show, while donating the profit from the show dogs?
What is the ruling on the following methods of buying and selling: 1. Selling the products of a foreign factory as an exclusive agent after purchasing them; is this considered selling what I do not possess, even though I am the exclusive agent? 2. Buying goods from the market and selling them to a customer at a higher price without informing him of their original price, and what is the ruling on taking an advance payment in this case? 3. Contracting to supply, install, and operate engineering systems and taking an advance payment, then purchasing the raw materials and executing the project?
What is the ruling on subscribing to the National Bank's IPO?
Is it permissible to transfer some requirements of company projects managed by an employee to his own private company, while observing honesty and providing the best prices and services, knowing that the company is unaware of his partnership?
Is it permissible to buy a commodity and resell it at a higher price, and is it necessary to inform the buyer of the first purchase price?
What is the ruling on selling 30 goats back to the original seller at a higher price after selling him 90 goats?
Is the husband's authorization of his brother a general power of attorney that includes buying and selling, without leaving anything to prove the children's rights, a deprivation of their rights? And is the wife's saving from her husband's money without his knowledge, with the aim of preserving her children's money, forbidden by Islamic law?
ما الحكم الشرعي في شراء وبيع القطع الذهبية التي بها صور؟
Is it permissible to leave university studies and turn to trade for the purpose of marriage and devoting oneself to seeking Islamic knowledge, especially with the presence of an inheritance to help with the trade?
When is Zakat due from one who owns a house or is a partner in a house?
Is zakat obligatory on the sale value of land that was leased and its rental income was subject to zakat annually, after its sale?
Is it obligatory to dispose of items purchased with money from speculative profits, and what is the ruling on recovering capital while retaining the purchases?
Is the martingale strategy in Forex trading, in which the contract size (lot) is doubled after each loss to compensate for losses and achieve profit with a single trade, Islamically permissible?
Is it permissible to sit with Christians, talk to them, listen to their problems, try to solve them, and support them?
What is the ruling on dealing with the margin system in the manner mentioned, where an external financier—such as a bank—lends the amount to the client, and the broker executes buying and selling operations for a fixed commission, knowing that the bank benefits nothing from Islamic accounts, and there are no overnight fees for trades, and should the questioner continue in this trade after performing the Istikhara prayer?