Buying and Selling
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Is it permissible to purchase a commodity or have work done in the third person, with the intention of buying or having the work done for myself, without the seller or service provider knowing that I am the other party, for fear of envy or greed?
Is it permissible to offer discounts on goods as a form of advertising and to attract customers, and what is the ruling on purchasing from stores during discount periods?
Is there a specific percentage for a merchant's profit?
How is Zakat paid on money invested in land if the investment period is prolonged and a whole year (hawl) has passed over it?
Is Zakat obligatory on a plot of land purchased with the intention of selling it when its price increases, and not with the intention of residing in it?
In brief, what is the ruling on using products or dealing with companies whose logo contains a depiction of animate beings, knowing that working with these systems may involve earning money?
Is it permissible for a person to take a percentage from the profit of a land he purchased for his partner, manage its buying and selling, and guarantee its capital, without his partner's knowledge, under the pretext that informing him might anger him?
Is it permissible to trade gold with a company that specifies a certain number of grams for investment, where the customer pays the value of the gold in money, not gold, and the profit is 70% for the customer and 30% for the company, with the possibility of terminating the agreement and receiving the money or gold, and increasing the amount traded at any time?
Is buying from a person or dealing with institutions believed to deposit their money in interest-bearing accounts considered aiding in sin?
What is the ruling on buying and using a box plated with gold leaf that contains perfumes?
Why is it said that the Prophet (peace be upon him) was poor and died poor, and that he pawned his shield with a Jew, even though he was married to the wealthy Lady Khadijah?
What is the interpretation of verses 24-25 of Surat At-Tawbah, and what is the ruling on loving fathers, wealth, and other things more than Allah, His Messenger, and striving in His cause? Is that considered apostasy, and does “jihad” refer only to fighting?
Why did the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him, agree to the condition of returning the Muslims to Mecca in the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah?
What is the ruling on taking a sum of money from one's father to buy land and build a house, then giving him back a portion of the amount, and the bank subsequently buying the house from the father and selling it to the son to benefit from the state's subsidy on the profit margin? And what is the ruling on buying through a bank in general?
Is it permissible to subscribe to programs that support homosexuals, such as Adobe, for use in one's work? And does that justify downloading them for free to avoid supporting forbidden things?
What is the ruling on my work if a designer created designs for me during his official working hours, which he is not allowed to do, and is the money earned from my trade unlawful?
Is it permissible to form circles in the mosque on Friday before the prayer?
Is the narration attributed to Ibn Mas'ud sound: "Indeed, a servant intends a matter of trade or leadership until it is facilitated for him, then Allah looks at him and says to the angels: Turn it away from him, for if I facilitate it for him, I would admit him to the Fire. So Allah turns it away from him, and he continues to feel superstitious, saying: So-and-so cursed me, and so-and-so insulted me, when it is nothing but the grace of Allah, the Mighty and Exalted"? And can it be explained?
What is the ruling on selling online in the following cases: displaying goods that the seller does not possess and adding a profit before purchasing them for the customer, or buying and possessing the goods before selling them to the customer with added profit, or the customer describing a good that the seller does not own, and the seller buys it for him at a price lower than that agreed upon with the customer to make a profit?
What is the Sharia ruling on taking money from a person who paid for an electronic product with the intention of stealing or leaking it, given that the seller has not yet sent the product?
What is the ruling on buying and selling cologne that intoxicates, and is it permissible to use it as perfume?
What is the ruling on the university grant designated for needy students and children of educators, if both parents are educators and it is said that priority is given to the needy, and that obtaining the grant was due to trade union efforts, and what is the ruling on purchasing a phone with it?
Are funds acquired from selling a duplicated and modified program—taken from a company where the questioner works—considered unlawful in Islamic law, given the existence of a fatwa that permits this on the grounds that there are no intellectual property rights in Islam?
Is trading in virtual weapon skins within a video game, by buying them at a low price and selling them at a higher price due to increased demand, permissible or forbidden, especially considering that the origin of some of these skins may be from "loot boxes"? If it is forbidden, is it permissible to benefit from the money earned from it or to use it to pay for games and movies that were previously acquired through illicit means?