Buying and Selling
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What is the ruling on Contracts for Difference (CFDs) which are based on benefiting from the fluctuation of stock prices without actually owning them? Is it permissible to circumvent this by trading "pens" named after companies whose prices fluctuate like the prices of the shares of those companies? What is the ruling on a buyer selling pens that have become his property as gifts, and then buying them when their price drops, knowing that selling before buying is forbidden?
Is money earned from e-commerce permissible or impermissible, given that the website's terms and conditions, which stipulate no buying and selling, were accepted but not adhered to?
What is the ruling on buying and selling gold, currencies, stocks, or other commodities in Forex, what is the ruling on leverage, and is it possible to trade in Forex without leverage?
Does a real estate contracting company have the right to demand a difference in costs from customers who have not paid the full price, after an increase in the prices of iron and cement?
Is trading on the stock market and in Forex, through an Islamic financial brokerage firm, without leverage, where buying and selling are for speculative purposes and profits are immediately transferred to a bank account, and in various assets such as currencies, oil, gold, and company stocks, permissible or impermissible?
What is the ruling on downloading electronic textbooks from the internet for personal use and to further one's knowledge, given that they are uploaded without the permission of their authors who do not allow their books to be photocopied?
What is the ruling on working in a slaughterhouse in France that does not follow the Islamic method of slaughter?
Is online trade permissible in the following cases: the customer pays a third party (automatic payment service provider) with a 2% fee, then the order is sent to the distributor who prepares the goods and ships them directly to the buyer, whether the amount was deposited with the distributor in advance or paid to him later based on the invoice, with the money being withdrawn from the automatic payment service provider later? Is it also permissible if the buyer is allowed to pay via invoice within 14 days or by installments, knowing that installments involve usury between the buyer and the automatic payment service provider?
Is it permissible for the capital provider in a Mudarabah partnership to add a special profit for himself to the price of the goods before calculating it for the store, without informing the agent?
What is the ruling on buying and selling dollars remotely through bank transfers to benefit from price differences?
What is the legitimate Islamic distribution of profits among three partners, if the first partner contributes effort and management and 70% of the capital, the second partner contributes effort and 20% of the capital, and the third partner contributes only 10% of the capital?
What is the ruling on selling the SABIC company shares owned by my father and uncle after their value has doubled, knowing that there is a suspicion of usury in the company's dealings, and how can these shares be disposed of along with liquidating the profits?
Is it forbidden to use or trade in sugar if its harm to health has been proven, and likewise for milk and chemical leavening agents?
What is the ruling on purchasing a government food card designated for the poor for less than its real value, and then obtaining a larger sum of money in the bank account, and should this transaction be stopped?
Is it permissible for a contracting company that works in building solar power plants to act as a subcontractor for building a solar power plant for an agricultural bank that engages in agricultural buying and selling activities, and has branches for Islamic transactions and other branches for usurious banking transactions? And in the case of impermissibility, is it possible to donate a portion of the profits to avoid embarrassment with the main contractor?
What is the ruling on buying mobile credit cards or dollars on credit from a bank for the purpose of selling them and buying a car, using a Murabaha system with a five-year repayment period?
What is the ruling on selling paintings that depict natural landscapes or contain inscriptions such as "Allah is sufficient for us, and [He is] the best Disposer of affairs" or "There is no god but Allah"? Does the ruling of Imams Al-Shafi'i and Al-Shawkani regarding the impermissibility of selling what has no [perceived] benefit apply to them? Does selling them at exorbitant prices make me sinful? What is the ruling on selling paintings that contain remembrances (adhkar)? And how does the ruling on selling them differ from buying soft drinks and food for dessert and home decorations?
What is the ruling on speaking and sitting with girls at the university or via WhatsApp for study purposes and others, knowing the difficulty of lowering one's gaze, and is that considered impermissible (haram)?
What is the ruling on buying building materials with cash and supplying them to contracting companies in installments, and what is the ruling on the money previously acquired, and is it possible to pay an upfront amount to merchants to settle this transaction?
What is the ruling on a father selling his car to a merchant on credit, and then his son buying it cash from the merchant in the same sitting for a lower price?
What is the ruling on dealing with a merchant who sells goods she does not possess through a down payment system, if an agreement is reached with her on a supply contract whereby the full amount is paid in advance and the goods are received with the agreed-upon specifications, knowing that she may use funds acquired from illicit dealings to purchase these goods?
Is zakat due on money from selling an apartment that was bought and sold in installments and used for residence?
Is zakat due on unsold copies of a book that have been in bookstores for four years, and is zakat due on them every year as long as they remain unsold?
Is Zakat obligatory on an amount of 35,0 dinars designated for buying cars and selling them in installments, knowing that the expected profit will be spent on housing rent, and the principal capital will remain the same after five years?