Buying and Selling
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How is the zakat on trade goods calculated: is it at wholesale or retail price?
Does a divorce vow take effect after trading on the stock market, knowing that the questioner swore not to trade, or else his wife would be unlawful to him, then falsely swore by divorce that he did not trade?
Does Zakat become due on the capital only for the previous six years, or on the profit, given that the questioner bought a car for 4,000 Dinars and sold it after six years for 11,800 Dinars, and did not pay Zakat during that period?
Is Zakat due on the value of a plot of land sold immediately, or must a hawl (full year) pass over it?
Is it permissible to deal in the stock market given the predominance of indebted companies?
Is buying dates and rice online with an upfront payment considered usury (riba)? Is immediate receipt at the store required after purchase and payment? Do cooked varieties of wheat (burr) and barley (sha'ir) fall under the ruling of the prophetic hadith: "Gold for gold, silver for silver, wheat for wheat, barley for barley, dates for dates, and salt for salt, like for like, hand to hand; whoever gives more or asks for more has engaged in usury, the receiver and the giver are equally culpable"? And what varieties are classified as "burr" (wheat) and "sha'ir" (barley) in our current era?
What is the religious ruling on purchasing smuggled and confiscated goods and then selling them at public auction? And what are the consequences for someone who buys these goods?
What is the ruling on money earned from selling ornamental birds while lying about their age or gender, and what must the seller do after repenting?
Is Zakat obligatory on a piece of land purchased in installments, not for commercial purposes, and intended to be sold to buy another piece of land for the same purpose (building a house)? How is it calculated, to whom is it paid, and is it permissible to pay it in another country?
Is it permissible to sell equine sperm, and if it is impermissible, does the buyer incur sin, and what is the evidence?
How can one invest money in trade in a store selling accessories and discounted goods ( أبو ريالين - Two Riyals Shop) while avoiding falling into the unlawful due to the presence of pictures on the merchandise, especially since most goods are not free of pictures?
Is it permissible to sell musical tapes in a shop, and what is the ruling on the money earned from selling them, and does refraining from selling them constitute disobedience to parents?
What is the ruling on money earned from trading tobacco and cigarettes after knowing its prohibition? And what is the ruling on trading secretly from the government and evading taxes?
Is it permissible to lie in financial transactions (such as currency exchange rates or customs duties) in order to obtain financial compensation that covers the loss of income resulting from the new laws that have reduced import opportunities, and the partner's refusal to increase the rent, knowing that the trade is conducted by renting the commercial register, and the tenant sells licenses that are only granted to the importer?
Is purchasing a vacant university seat for a sum of money, in the event that the university sells these seats to foreigners, considered forbidden or a sin?
Is it permissible to buy a mobile phone from a friend at a reduced price and sell it in the market for a higher price without informing him?
What is the ruling of the religion on compelling the party who took money for investment to return the capital to its owner in the event of a loss, especially when no evidence of investment and loss is presented?
Is it permissible for me to prevent my wife from completing her business, after I gave her money for trading and she mistreated me?
What is the ruling on a Mauritanian man working for a company that deals in bribes, and whose owner possesses a tobacco company and a bank?
Is it permissible for a merchant to sell goods that are not 100% natural, while informing the buyer of the truth, given that all customers resort to other merchants who cheat in trade, which has affected his sales, especially since he does not have another job? Does this fall under the saying of Allah the Almighty: ﴿But whoever is compelled, without desiring it or exceeding due bounds, then there is no sin upon him﴾?
Is money acquired from selling company products through fraudulent means considered permissible, especially after the regional sales manager claimed that the general manager had forgiven the sales team? And is it permissible to borrow from this money for trade with the intention of repaying the debt later?
What is the ruling on selling live animals by weight (per kilogram) for a known price, knowing that the buyer may keep them or slaughter them for sale?
Is it permissible for my friend to buy the charging cards sent to the bank's customer in exchange for the loan amount, whether after the customer has received them or before?
Is the aforementioned transaction, which takes place to exchange foreign currency for local currency and involves intermediaries, a prior phone call to determine the price, and later hand-to-hand delivery, considered a usurious transaction?