Buying and Selling
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Our honorable sheikhs: Islam is the final religion, suitable for all times and places. While the greatest calamity currently afflicting the Ummah is weakness and subjugation, there are other crises, such as the crisis of high prices. This crisis affects a large segment of Muslims, especially in simple rural communities, leading to the spread of thefts, youth delinquency, difficulty in marriage, and anxiety about the future. The question posed is: How can religious discourse address this crisis in a way that is commensurate with people's reality so that they do not lose faith in religion?
Is it permissible to deal with a greedy merchant who overprices goods, knowing that there are cheaper alternatives?
Why was there no explicit verse revealed in the Qur’an prohibiting the buying and selling of human beings and freeing all slaves, even though Islam is a religion that honors and dignifies humanity?
What is the ruling of the Sharia on operating with a percentage-based system (one-third) in trade, car rental, and sheep herding, knowing that we follow the Maliki school of thought?
What are the legal implications, from an Islamic perspective, for the questioner and the present and absent partners regarding the disappearance of an artifact that was in the questioner's possession, given that everyone was aware of the prohibition of excavation, and is it permissible to seek legal recourse in this matter, especially since the partners accuse the questioner of theft or negligence in safeguarding the trust?
What is deferred-payment sale (bay' al-nasi'ah) and what is its ruling?
What are the types of contracts?
Is it considered usury or trade for a person to buy a plot of land for 20,0 dinars, possessing 15,0 dinars, then propose to a friend that he pay 5,0 dinars to become a partner in the land without registering his name in the deed, on the condition that he buys his share from him after two years with a 10% profit?
What is the legal ruling on returning the orphans' money, which was lost in trade, to its owners as a gift without informing them of the loss, knowing that I stipulated bearing the loss on their behalf?
Is zakat obligatory on agricultural land planted with small fruit trees and irrigated with purchased water?
Is it permissible to return a greeting to a foreign woman, and how should one interact with her if she is a saleswoman in a commercial store?
Is it permissible to embroider materials or drawings for Christians?
What is the ruling on women assuming leadership positions in a mixed-gender work environment? Is it valid to cite the Prophet's trading with Khadijah's wealth as proof that it is permissible for women to lead men? Is it permissible for a woman to be a leader in a mixed-gender work environment without seclusion?
How can the simple employee keep pace with those who earn tremendous profits from the global stock market and secure a subsistence living, and is it time to establish a global Islamic economic system?
What is the ruling on dealing with shops that trade in alcoholic beverages? And what is the ruling on traveling to Sharm El Sheikh and dealing with the commercial establishments there, given the presence of temptations?
What is the ruling on one who cites the permissibility of singing, claiming it is inherently lawful, and interprets the hadiths prohibiting it, based on the following: 1. Examples of permissible singing (such as women singing to their children, workers singing, and singing during joyful occasions, Eid, and for Jihad)? 2. That singing is speech: what is good in it is good, and what is bad in it is bad? 3. The hadith of Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, concerning the two girls who were singing in the house of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him? 4. The hadith of the slave girl who vowed to beat the drum and sing upon the Prophet's safe return? 5. Their reliance on the fact that a group of Companions and Tabi'in listened to singing and musical instruments? 6. The scholars of fiqh and grammar citing pre-Islamic love poetry, even though it is singing?
Is it permissible for a wife to sell a piece of clothing she bought for 7.5 pounds to her aunt's daughter for 15 pounds, claiming that this is a form of trade after purchasing it with her own money?
Does Fatwa No. 114909 apply to the love of children?
What is the ruling on disposing of profits realized from "HYIP" companies, and what is the ruling on trading in them for the purpose of using the money for permissible or prohibited ends? Is it permissible to invest in companies where the percentage varies from 0 to 6% and that trade on the stock market?
Is it permissible to purchase a car in installments from the Agricultural Development and Credit Bank, where the bank buys it for cash price and adds interest to sell it in installments, with half the value paid upfront and the remainder guaranteed by possessing agricultural land?
What is the ruling on the work of a legal consultant who authenticates real estate purchase and sale contracts, knowing that some buyers may borrow from interest-based (usurious) banks? What is the ruling on advising a friend to take an interest-based loan to buy a home due to the unavailability of Islamic banks? Is it permissible to deposit money in an interest-based bank without taking the interest?
Is it permissible to buy land designated for graves and resell it at a higher price?
Is it permissible to purchase a car from a bank through a mechanism that guarantees the bank's right to collect its price in installments, by documenting a sale contract with the original owner of the car and a loan contract with the bank? Is it permissible to sell the car before paying all installments, knowing that the guarantee is the buyer's employment and not the car itself?
Is selling the current apartment and buying two apartments with its price—one for the son in his name, and the other for the three daughters in their names for the mother and father to live in until death, then it becomes theirs—considered a sin?