Honesty in Trade
358 questions
What is the ruling on investing in real estate, whereby an investor pays an amount for a share to purchase a residential building in Dubai, lease it out, and then distribute the profits to investors according to their contribution?
Is the reception of a luxurious box of sweets from a Chinese contractor by a contracts employee at a telecommunications company, after the signing of a contract between the two parties, considered "ghulul" (unlawful taking from public property/betrayal of trust)?
Would the manufacturer be sinful if he produced an inferior product for a customer who insisted on buying it after being warned and having its flaws explained to him?
Is it considered unlawful gain to falsely claim a higher offer for a product in order to achieve greater profit?
Is it permissible for the director of an Awqaf department to arrive late and leave early, on the grounds that he is a director, while holding employees accountable for leaving to attend to their needs, and is the director's superior permitted to allow him to do so?
How can the dispute between the two partners be resolved regarding the agreed-upon 15% ratio: is it ownership in the project or a percentage of the profits? What are the permissible forms of partnership contracts, with a clarification of their conditions? And does the matter depend on the agreement of the two parties, or is it subject to specific Sharia texts?
Is it permissible to work as an accountant and contracts writer in a showroom that sells electrical appliances on installment, where goods are bought from the showroom’s account at a certain price (e.g., 1075), then the buyer sells them on credit to a customer at a higher price (e.g., 1800) in installments, and then the showroom buys the goods from the customer in cash at a lower price (e.g., 1000)?
What is the ruling on dealing in "stock options" which grant the buyer the right to purchase or sell a share at an agreed-upon price within a specified period?
Is the trading of binary options – which relies on predicting the rise or fall of currency pairs, commodities, or indices, with the possibility of investing a sum and obtaining a specific return if the prediction is correct, or losing it if it is wrong, and with the availability of Islamic accounts free of usury – considered permissible, given that the prediction is based on study and understanding of the market and not random guessing?
Is the clause that prevents an employee from dealing with the company's clients for years after leaving their job permissible in Islamic law, and is it permissible for them to deal with a client despite this clause?
Is the money taken for using a person's name to obtain a company license permissible or forbidden, knowing that the company commonly uses this method to obtain licenses?
Is it unlawful for my husband's company to win a tender after lowering its price to become less than the other companies, knowing that the awarding entity prefers this company due to its familiarity with all projects and files, and my husband participated in reducing the price?
What is the ruling on working as an accountant at Sitco Financial Funds Services, knowing that it is a pioneer in hedge fund management?
Does sin accrue to one who exchanges clothes that he has washed without informing the seller? And is there any advice for getting rid of obsessive-compulsive disorder related to cleanliness?
Is it permissible to purchase bonds or insure the mosque to protect it from the contractor's cessation of work or from damages after its completion?
Is it permissible for me to take 95% as withdrawal fees from my partner’s profits, with a prior agreement that the distributed profit ratio is 50% for each of us, and that the withdrawal fees range from 5% to 95% and I am the one who determines them?
Is photographing or printing usurious agreements or contracts, at the request of an employer in a medical institution, considered writing usury?
What is the ruling on stipulating the binding nature of a financial contract that is not originally binding, and is it permissible to exchange consideration for this commitment?
What is the ruling on working at the Real Estate Registration Office, and what is the ruling on registering mortgage contracts for homes that guarantee usurious loans? And does an employee of the Real Estate Registration Office fall under the curse of those who consume usury, those who feed it, those who write it, and those who witness it?
Is there a sin upon a customer service employee in a car dealership that deals 90% with financing companies and banks that fund customer transactions, knowing that their role is limited to giving the cash price of the car to the customer, without participating in installment processes?
Is it permissible to sell expertise by creating an indicator to provide buy and sell signals for a fee, or to sell buy and sell recommendations, or to trade and earn from it with the intention of helping the poor without receiving any personal compensation, knowing that binary options are impermissible (haram)?
Are the aforementioned conditions considered a violation of Sharia and a vitiation of the Mudarabah contract? Is the mudarib (agent) entitled to claim ownership of the shop? Is it permissible to expedite a portion of the profit before the Mudarabah period ends?