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When middleman is entitled to keep difference in price
Assalaamu alaykum. A seller is selling something online at a price of $100. A buyer can purchase it directly from the seller, but he intentionally involves a middle man. The middleman purchases the same thing at a price of $90 (applying some discount coupon which only middle men have) but sells the product at $100 without telling the buyer that he purchased.. More
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Misusing power of attorney
If you give a power of attorney to someone and the person misuses it and also lies about how it was used, what does the sharia say about that?
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Employee needs permission to take extra money for his work
Assalaamu alaykum. One of my friends works in a garment company. Various parties send him bills for money. He presents the bill to the manager for money that needs to be paid to the parties. The manager gives him the amount of money written on the bill. However, my friend convinces the parties and makes them accept an amount lower than what was written.. More
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Service shop owner liable for damage done by his workers
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. Recently, I went to a mechanic to fix my punctured tire. In the process of fixing the puncture, they created another puncture. I was very frustrated and angry because they wasted a lot of my time and above that caused additional damage by causing another puncture. After they fixed the tire completely.. More
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A loaned item must be returned even after lapse of a long time
Assalaamu alaykum Shaykh. More than 10 years ago, when I knew nothing about Islam, I took my friend's walkman (an electronic device) and she agreed, but I did not return it back. Now she is in another country and we are not connected like before. Also, there is no use in this device anymore but I still have it and did not throw it away. What should.. More
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Ruling on usurping price and rent of property
Dear Shaykh, A person known to me bought a property in 1989 for SL rupees 2.5 cores and offered another person, also known to me, 1/3 share for SL rupees 85 laks. He agreed and gave the above money on trust that he will accommodate him for 1/3 share in the title deed of the property, but he has not done that to date, nor has he paid any rent that he.. More
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Benefiting from books without the owner’s permission
One of my friends works at a bookstore that is affiliated with a national newspaper. Is it permissible for me to borrow some books from him to read them and then return them to the store?
May Allaah reward you.
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Ruling on placing stingy old father under Hajr
There is a man who is over 80 years old and has a lot of money. His children say that he rarely pays Zakah and they live in poverty, in dire need to meet their families’ demands. He does not help them except by giving them a little money or by mortgage. For sure, he is extremely stingy, even towards himself, to the degree that he lives like very poor.. More
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Buyer paid via bank which became bankrupt
I am a trader in France and I sold goods to a trader in Algeria. According to custom, I shipped the goods and sent the freight documents to my bank which would in turn send them to the bank of my client. Hence, my client would receive the documents and pay the price of the goods. However, after my client paid the bank, the bank became bankrupt. I became.. More
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Results of invalid authorization and Mudharabah
I gave a friend an amount of money to buy a car – knowing that the car would be taken from the state – in his name, and after selling it we would share the profit. For about seven years, it has not come and its type is unknown. Is this gain lawful?
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Whoever reaches a permissible thing first, it becomes his
In some forests there are palm trees that are not owned by anyone. Is it permissible for us to own them? If yes, there are trees that I inherited from my grandfathers which were not originally theirs. What should we do with them?
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The one entitled to a conditional payment takes it even if it is greater than usual
A man has a sick daughter and he wants a certain kind of medicine. He said that whoever brought him that medicine, he would give him a car or a house, although that medicine is very cheap. What is the Sharee'ah ruling on the person who brings this medicine and takes the car or the house?
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Ruling on what neighbors borrow from each other
My neighbor always asks me to lend her things, saying, for example, “Lend me bread, lend me eggs, and so on.” Then, she does not return what she took. Rather, she continues to ask for things in the same way, and this happened tens of times, knowing that our financial conditions are similar.
1- Does she commit a sin for borrowing things without.. More
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Permissibility to place mentally ill person under Hajr
What is the valid way in the sharia to preserve the wealth of a father who has relatively lost his mental powers and does not know the value of things? After a while he forgets what he said. His children are confused and do not want to dispose of his property without his permission. They do not want to annoy him if they disobey him. He is a 92-year-old.. More
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Extra money gained by an agent from principal to be returned
One of my close acquaintances asked me to look for a piece of land for him to buy. When I found the land I said to him, “It is offered for sale – for example – for 10 riyals, in addition to one riyal as a commission for the people who helped me conclude the transaction.” The man agreed and the transaction was concluded. After a short period.. More
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