Buying and Selling
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Is dealing considered forbidden if you are a broker in the field of currency exchange and take a difference between the buying price and the selling price as a commission, knowing that you do not possess sufficient funds to complete the buying and selling operations yourself, and are you obligated to inform both parties or one of them that you are taking a commission, and is the dealing permissible if you bring in a third party and tell them that they will take a commission for the transfer, and the agreement between you is that this commission will be divided between you?
Is it permissible to trade shares of Islamic banks and Takaful insurance companies on the Dubai and Abu Dhabi stock exchanges?
Does zakat become obligatory on a plot of land that a person has owned for a long time, intending to sell it to complete building a house elsewhere and purchase new land, with the possibility of changing the intention to invest in it and build a house on it without the intention of living in it?
Is it permissible to purchase a building from a brother, with the bank paying a portion of the amount and the remainder being paid in installments from the rent over ten years, on condition that the brother lives in the building for free during this period? Is this sale free of usury?
Is it permissible to buy shares in computer companies and the like? And is it permissible to contribute to companies that invest money in buying and selling shares of other companies that deal only in technological devices?
Is the second partner allowed to demand the return of the money paid for the company name upon dissolution of the partnership, and is this money considered like a penalty clause, and can the new partner demand the money he paid, or is he to be content with taking assets equal to half of the company's capital, based on the prior agreement?
What is the ruling on money taken for acting as an agent in selling a car, in the event that it cannot be registered in the buyer's name, knowing that the sellers have received the full amount for the car?
Is it permissible to trade in luxury tourism goods?
Is it permissible to sell the bonus that the intermediary receives from websites, such that its value is deducted from the price of the commodity for the customer and she benefits from its value, or is this bonus the right of the customer?
What is the ruling on money if the goods do not transfer from the merchant to the bank's possession in a Murabaha contract, and is the prohibition limited to the method, and what is the ruling on dealing with this person in terms of buying, selling, and giving gifts?
Is it permissible to adopt the second opinion, which allows margin trading under specific conditions, when dealing with a brokerage firm that offers one-day financing without overnight fees, where the lender is a bank and the brokerage firm bears its interest, charging the client only its usual commission, with the possibility of immediate withdrawal of profits?
Is the profession of selling cosmetics and hairdressing supplies permissible or forbidden?
Is Zakat obligatory on land that was sold out of necessity after being purchased without the intention of selling it, and if it is obligatory, how is Zakat calculated?
Is it permissible to take a 5% share of a person's business profits in exchange for a sum of money paid to him, and then obtain goods from his store at cost price instead of monetary profits?
What is the ruling on weaving, selling, and hanging fabric pieces that contain reminder phrases such as "The strong is not he who overcomes people by his strength, but the strong is he who controls himself while in anger," for educational benefit and to gain a slight profit?
How can one purify oneself from the sin of buying and selling a forbidden insurance stock after having made a profit from it?
What is the ruling on subscribing to Albilad Bank shares?
What is the religious ruling on trading foreign currencies in the black market without adhering to the official exchange rate, and on the wealth resulting from this trade?
Does the mere presence of leverage in a forex account, without actually using it, render the transaction or contract forbidden, given the seemingly conflicting fatwas on this issue? And is forex considered gambling and usury because currency prices are merely electronic figures and their buying and selling are illusory? Is opening and closing a trade within hours considered buying and selling without physical possession, or is it among the permissible forms given that settlement is immediate?
How is Zakat calculated on shares of real estate investment trusts, and is Zakat obligatory on re-invested profits before a full year has passed on them?
Is it permissible for me to take money from a man who deals in usury?
What is the ruling on a company selling da'wah (Islamic propagation) tapes for money, even though its activity is purely commercial?
How many carats must be returned to the questioner's paternal aunts to restore justice in the distribution of the inheritance, in which males were favored over females unequally between two land plots of different value?
Is Zakat obligatory on land that was purchased to preserve wealth and sell it when needed, not for the purpose of trade?