Buying and Selling
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Is the Hadith "Fight them until you defeat them" authentic, and is it permissible to act upon it if it leads to a violation of Sharia?
1. Is the questioner sinful if he tried to convince his father to abandon unlawful dealings but failed to do so? 2. What is the religious ruling regarding what the father borrows and what he does in his trade, so that the questioner can try to convince him again? 3. Could the reason for not selling the properties be his involvement in usurious loans? 4. To what extent do usurious loans affect the father's reward for building the mosque, especially since he is building it with debts? 5. Is the father sinful for not seeing his first wife and children, whom he left four and a half months ago, and traveling to Dubai and spending money there while his family in Yemen do not have enough money to live on?
Is it permissible to open accounts with an online company where the balance is the weight of precious metals (gold, silver, platinum, palladium), knowing that the company takes an annual commission on the quantity of metal, and that buying, selling, withdrawing the balance, and converting it into currencies are done through other brokerage firms?
Is it permissible to trade gold and currencies in global and electronic markets, now that their prices have become volatile?
How does an establishment pay Zakat on the computer software it owns, given that it is sold to customers at varying prices depending on their usage?
Is it permissible to rent commercial shops from a man who built them with ill-gotten money, the source of which is a hotel that serves alcohol and has abominations?
How should one deal with a real estate broker who claims to have partners in order to secure a larger share for himself, thereby reducing the shares of other agents, while he actually works alone?
Is Zakat obligatory on an additional house that is not inhabited by its owner, and what is the value of this Zakat? Also, is it permissible to say, "Allah has provided for me and more," or "Allah has given me more than I deserve"?
Is it permissible to buy and sell cats and dogs? Is raising them a sign of foolishness? And is it correct to describe Abu Hurairah as foolish because he used to raise a cat?
Is it permissible to take money from acquaintances who wish to trade with it, and then give it to a trustworthy merchant in exchange for a share of the profits?
What is the ruling on buying dollars from Libya and selling them in Egypt, then buying Libyan currency from Egypt? And are the profits resulting from this operation lawful? And how should one dispose of previous profits if the act was unlawful?
What is the ruling on selling, buying, and consuming sports stimulants, taking into account the saying of some that they are not forbidden as long as they are not narcotics and do not harm the body if a certain dose is not exceeded?
What is the supplication I can make for the success of my business?
What is the Islamic legal ruling on documentary credits in major international trade transactions, and what is the ruling on dealing with them through a usurious bank if the seller stipulates that to the buyer?
What are the conditions for commercial brokerage, and is it permissible to take the full price of the goods before delivering them to customers who have been dealt with online for years, and is it permissible to use the deposit paid by customers to pay a deposit to the manufacturer, and is it permissible to purchase the goods only after receiving the deposit?
Is it permissible in the gold trade to purchase gold from a client by discounting the due amount instead of taking delivery first? Is it permissible to exchange used gold with a commission paid in large wholesale transactions? Is it permissible to sell gold on credit? Is it permissible to sell gold adorned with gems, discounting their weight? Is it permissible to polish used gold and sell it as new, while informing the customer of that?
Is Zakat obligatory on funds frozen for building a commercial complex, and is Zakat obligatory on a salary, a portion of which is transferred to this project?
Who is the maternal uncle of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) who said to him, "May my mother and father be sacrificed for you," and his servant who used to call him "O you of the two ears," and his companion who said to him, "A profitable trade, Abu Yahya"?
Is it permissible to trade shares of Hermes company, which operates in financial brokerage, knowing that it deals in shares of companies whose activities combine the permissible and the forbidden, and does the ruling differ based on the intention (speculation or investment), and if dealing with them is forbidden, what is the ruling on the profits realized from them and what should be done with them?
What is the ruling on a Muslim merchant continuously manufacturing wooden coffins for a Christian merchant to export them to European countries?
Is the friend who gave me money to invest in the shop entitled to claim his right after I was scammed by my partner and the shop was closed?
Is it permissible to sell food discovered to contain alcohol to non-Muslims, after purchasing it and being unable to return it, in order to recover the money?
What are the manners of speaking with women in general, and in cases of buying and selling, teaching, personal interviews, and explaining a specific matter to them, and what is the ruling on lowering the gaze in these situations, and when is it permissible to look at women?
What is the ruling on establishing an association for employees to support their events and offer gifts, provided that withdrawing members do not get their paid money back?