Buying and Selling
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Is a friend obligated to guarantee the money that the questioner's father gave him to trade with, knowing that the trade lost money and the partner absconded with it?
What is the wisdom behind the prohibition of selling or buying cats, and how can one raise a cat without buying it?
Is selling building materials, taken from the Orphan's Fund Development Foundation for four thousand dinars, to a person other than a merchant considered unlawful?
What is the ruling on trading antiquities, especially ancient coins and statues? And what is the ruling on selling the head of a small statue that was found not to be owned by the seller? And what should be done with the money earned from this sale, knowing that the buyer is not a Muslim?
What is the Sharia ruling regarding a farming partnership problem where the partner has not repaid the agreed-upon amount after six years, and who is responsible for paying Zakat on the capital invested during these years, and is Zakat obligatory on artworks displayed for sale, and how is its Zakat calculated, and who is responsible for the Zakat on the value of the frames?
What is the ruling on financial leasing (Ijarah muntahiyah bi al-tamleek) that begins with a rental and ends with a sale in Islam?
What is the ruling on Zakat for shares bought with the intention of benefiting from their dividends and selling them when needed? Are these considered trade shares or investment shares? And what should I do if the Zakat fund delays in determining the Zakat percentage for shares? Should I pay Zakat at the previous year's percentage and then pay the difference?
What is the ruling on working in promotion and advertising for products displayed by the Amazon online store, and is the process of purchasing from it Islamically permissible?
Is Zakat obligatory on inherited real estate?
Will I be sinful for this work of mine, knowing that the source of the company owner's money depends on raising prices on the other company where my manager works, and should I leave work immediately or wait until I find another job?
What is the ruling on buying a car from a dealership that offers 0% interest loans, knowing that it deals with a usurious bank and pays the interest on behalf of the buyer?
Is it permissible to sell oil on the stock exchange with a broker who does not charge a commission on leverage or on holding overnight positions, knowing that registering the purchase contract in my name does not grant me full ownership rights over the commodity as its owner, but rather only authorizes me the freedom to dispose of it through buying and selling?
What is the ruling on partnership in trade with someone who owns the larger share, while the partners are equal in competence and performance?
Does Zakat become obligatory on a piece of land that was purchased for trade and its value has increased, but it cannot be sold now, and how is its Zakat to be paid?
What is the ruling on working as an accountant in a company that sells mannequins or statues, and does this fall under the ruling of prohibiting trade in them?
How is zakat on trade goods calculated: Is it estimated by the purchase price or the selling price?
Does the use of porcine gelatin and skin in food and clothing render prayer unacceptable, and is what Dr. Yusuf Al-Qaradawi said—that only the flesh of swine is forbidden—correct?
What is the ruling on manufacturing and supplying production necessities used in the tobacco industry, and is it permissible to sign a contract for that?
Is it permissible for a pharmaceutical company to deduct the shampoo specifically for treating head lice—which was donated to the Red Crescent—from its Zakat on wealth, and what is incumbent upon both the owners of the company and whoever issued such a fatwa?
Is it permissible to deal in the shares of companies that deal with usurious banks if these companies are essential to the lives of Muslims, and if Muslims not participating in them leads to non-Muslims dominating them? And does the principle "warding off harm takes precedence over acquiring benefits" apply to this situation?
What is the ruling on money acquired from working in a usurious bank (for 15 years), and what branched out from it in terms of buying and selling, and end-of-service benefits? Is it permissible to give it to needy siblings?
What is the ruling of the Sharia on one who withholds financial aid that he used to provide, preventing it as a punishment, while remaining capable of giving, and is this considered a loss in trade with Allah?
Is it permissible to deal with Forex companies for currency trading, while avoiding the overnight fee (interest), not closing deals by margin but by personal orders, and dealing directly with the bank without an intermediary or loan?
Is working in the trade of roses, ornamental plants, and cut flowers, and selling them, forbidden or permissible? And is dealing in them considered a type of extravagance and wastefulness?