Buying and Selling
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Is Zakat obligatory on real estate that is not invested, or rented out for a meager amount, or empty, or used for the housing of sons, and is paying 2.5% of the commercial profits of a store sufficient for Zakat?
Is it permissible to work as a programmer for supermarket software that sells alcohol, knowing that the programming is for information and numbers related to products and has no direct connection to alcohol? And is it permissible to remain in the job for three months to pay off the penalty clause if the work is forbidden?
Is the amount received from selling the prohibited insurance shares, which my father bought for me, considered entirely unlawful or only a portion of it?
Is a Muslim man sinful if he wears clothes of a new Western style that are not prevalent among religious youth, even though they do not violate Islamic conditions, and he wears them without arrogance or showing off, simply because they are new and beautiful?
Is it permissible for the reciter who recites according to the recitation of Hamzah to perform wasl (connection) and naql (transference) in (جنات ألفافا - Gardens of Alfafah) and to pause and glottalize (hamz) in (تجارة أو - a trade or), or is only that permissible, especially since the Mushaf indicates stopping and glottalizing with colored letters?
Is it permissible for a student to download electronic academic references from the internet that are not free, and distribute them to fellow students without financial gain, other than the cost of a copying disc, knowing that the college sells these books and photocopies copyrighted books, selling them to students?
What is the first year of the Hijra called?
Is it permissible to delay the payment of Zakat for more than one year when all the money is tied up in trade and there is no liquidity?
Is it considered impermissible (haram) for a questioner to engage in e-commerce using the resources of his father's bookstore (house, office, computer, phone, fax, car) to strike deals selling books to new customers who had not previously dealt with the original bookstore, especially after being repeatedly expelled by his father, given that he is generating additional income for the bookstore through these efforts?
Is trading satellite receivers prohibited?
What is the difference between sustenance (rizq) and commercial profit, and is sustenance limited to what a person eats and wears, or does it include what he earns from work and trade?
How can I engage in trade without disobeying my father, who refuses my working, and should I continue to persuade him despite his anger?
Is the profession of fumigating commercial shops with unclean clothes, carrying an instrument to ignite the incense, and receiving payment for that, forbidden?
Is it permissible to buy a mobile device and sell it before taking possession of it, knowing that the buyer may be a shop or a friend, and there is a prior agreement with the owner of the first device that the sale can be canceled?
What is the ruling on buying a car with the intention of selling it to obtain a key to a residence, if buying the car will be done through an interest-based loan from the bank, or by taking 1,0 euros from the father's account, which is a result of usurious interest that he cannot dispose of, and thus getting rid of usury with usury?
Are the hadiths regarding the permissibility of looking at one's fiancée restricted to a specific number of times, or does the permissibility of looking at her extend throughout the engagement period, based on the general implication of the hadith: "Look at her, for it is more likely to create affection between you two"?
Should a young man travel to seek a livelihood and establish himself, or should he remain with his father to keep him company, even though the father does not need care?
What is the ruling on buying gift cards for less than their face value and then using them to purchase goods at their full value? Is this considered usury (riba)? If so, what must the buyer do? Should they donate the difference in the initial purchase price or the difference in the selling price after purchasing the goods?
What is the optimal course of action given a mother's refusal to allow her son to move to another city for work, and her insistence that he remain with her, especially since the available work does not match his qualifications?
What is the ruling on trading and exporting copper, knowing that its export is prohibited by the state, and that an influential person will facilitate the export process in exchange for a sum of money or a percentage? Is it permissible for that person to take compensation for that?
What is the ruling on chewing (or as they call it, storing) Qat, or trading it?
Is it permissible to manufacture and trade in women's abayas adorned with sequins, diamonds, and trimmings, knowing that this adornment is the reason for their popularity, and that stopping this industry would lead to severe losses?
Is a transaction that involves selling a car to a financing company, then buying it back from them in installments, along with a pledge to pay a large financial compensation in the event of not buying it, considered Murabaha or usury (Riba), taking into account the penalty for not paying checks in the country?
What is the meaning of "trading is cleverness" and what is the ruling on trade in Islam?