Buying and Selling
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Is the principle "the means have the rulings of the ends" evidenced in the Qur'an and Sunnah, and what are its proofs from the Qur'an?
What is the price at which zakat is calculated for books intended to be distributed to students of knowledge (purchase price, sale price, or price including shipping and storage costs)? And can the zakat payer choose the types of books himself?
What is the legality of selling a commercial business, comprised of its customers, goodwill, trade name, right to lease, equipment, and goods, according to Tunisian law?
Is it permissible in Islamic law for a Muslim to trade with the American government by purchasing goods online and reselling them to the government with a small profit margin, knowing that this transaction is legal and pre-approved, despite a delay of approximately one month in receiving payment?
Is Zakat obligatory on an apartment that was bought with money saved from selling a car and is fully rented out to improve income?
How is a pharmacy's merchandise zakat calculated: by its retail price or its current wholesale price?
Is it permissible for a woman to invest her money with a non-mahram man without informing her husband due to certain impediments, provided she adheres to Sharia guidelines?
Is it obligatory for an employee to conceal the facts he discovered about his new company's manipulation of revenues from joint projects with his old company, in order to preserve business secrets and the trust of employers, or is disclosing these facts considered a betrayal of trust?
What is the method for calculating the zakat on real estate land purchased with the intention of building apartments on it and selling them, knowing that installments have been paid previously, there is a legal dispute over the land, and there is a delay in its registration, and is zakat obligatory on the paid installments?
When is the hawl (one year) for zakat calculated: Is it from the date of receiving the price of the real estate, or from the date of purchasing commercial lands with it? And is the brokerage fee for the lands added to their value when calculating zakat? And how is zakat calculated if the buying, selling, and exchange of lands are repeated, or if their price is held back to search for other lands? And can the zakat of lands be combined with the zakat of money, and when does this happen?
What is the ruling on trading in fictitious tax invoices and profiting from them, after you issued a fatwa permitting their submission to ward off exorbitant taxes?
Is the business of calves, conducted through immediate buying and selling in the market without caring for them, Haram (religiously forbidden) according to Sharia, and what is the reason for its prohibition?
Is it permissible to accept money from a brother who works in the tobacco trade and is said to deal in lotteries, with his knowledge that the money is mixed, coming from both a lawful and an unlawful source?
Is personal financing offered by Qatar Islamic Bank, which is secured by salary and involves paying a specific amount of money to the customer, then recording a debt against them that is greater than the amount paid after buying and selling shares to add a profit margin, considered usury? And what is the difference between Sharia-compliant financing structures and usurious personal financing transactions?
How is Zakat calculated on: A jointly owned plot of land for residence, valued at 200,000 EGP? Two apartments purchased in installments (one for residence and one for trade) that have not yet been received, with 150,000 EGP paid for the first and 200,000 EGP for the second? A gifted commercial shop that has not yet been received, valued at 40,000 EGP? Given a debt to the bank of 261,000 EGP, and the current value of the existing residential apartment is 130,000 EGP?
How is the zakat calculated for a shop selling herbs, ointments, and natural oils when a year has passed, given that there is unsold merchandise which may expire, or accumulated merchandise that is distributed for free for promotional purposes?
Is it permissible to interact with and acquire a robot for study and the acquisition of knowledge?
Is Zakat obligatory on a house that was purchased for investment purposes, while owning another house for dwelling? And is Zakat calculated based on the purchase price or the price of the house after a full year has passed?
Is the father accountable for working in a non-Islamic bank, buying shares from it and selling them after their price doubled, and buying a plot of land with the principal and profits?
Is the transaction conducted by a bank, whereby it purchases a commodity specified by the client and then sells it to him at a higher deferred price to be paid in monthly installments, permissible? And if it is permissible, and the price of the commodity is greater than the loan offered by the bank, is it permissible for the client to pay the difference to the store to complete the purchase?
Is the agreement with the broker to sell the shop for one hundred and ten, with ten of that going to the broker, Islamically permissible? And is Zakat obligatory on the amount from the sale of the shop, knowing that selling it was only considered a month ago?
Am I obligated to pay Zakat on the profit from selling land that I purchased with a loan from a non-Muslim, knowing that I will repay him the loan and invest the entire amount?
1. Is it necessary for the wife who did not travel with her husband to make up the days when he traveled with another wife to visit her family, or for a trip of leisure and recreation? 2. Is it permissible to divide the time between two wives daily, so that from Asr to Isha is with the first wife, and from Isha to sleep is with the second, with an overnight stay alternating nights? And should the objection of one of the wives to this distribution be considered? 3. How is the wife who accompanies her husband on a business or trade trip chosen? Is the choice based on the husband's desire or equally among the wives?
Is it permissible to purchase government bonds designated for economic development for a period of five years, and what is the permissible form for this?