Q: My job involves acquiring confidential information about competitors. For this we pay some external agencies to get us the information. We frame the questions and the external agency gets the answers to me. I analyze this information and send it to the strategy team. Is this job sharia compliant? Does it fall under preview …
Q: Is it permissible to work at financial services institutions such as Sanlam, Old Mutual and Metropolitan Life. These institutions deal with Retirement Funds, Insurance (long term and short term), Investments, estate planning, etc. A. It is not permissible to work for these institutions because most of the financial products they sell contain the element …
Q: Are Cyber Online jobs permissible? A: Cyber Online Jobs are permissible because in these deals one gets paid for doing work, and this is totally halaal and permissible. However, if in any online job one is required to do something haraam, e.g. advertising or promoting pornography or cbyer sex etc, then that particular …
Q: Can we pay off our mortgage with interest money? A: A mortgage bond may not be paid off with interest money. Interest or usury must be given to the poor or used for the benefit of the general public in amenities such as public toliets and bathrooms, building bridges and roads etc. It is …
Q: I have a question about permissability of accepting employment with prospective employers. What type of businesses is one not allowed to be employed by? Can one be employed by a butcher business that sells halaal and non-halaal meats? Or retail stores that sell clothing and/or food that one is not allowed to wear and/or …
Q: I owe creditors few thousand rands for products provided to me when I once had a business. I had to close the business. At that point in time I could not pay these creditors. A few years have passed by and I am now in a position to pay them but cannot trace them. …
Q: Is there any medical insurance/health plan in South Africa that is permissible? I'm specifically looking for one that caters for a giving birth at a hospital. A: Not all medical aids and hospital plans are permitted. As a guide, if a female intends to fall pregnant and wishes to take out medical aid …
Q: Is it permissible to get a non-Muslim to stick business flyers to car windscreens on Friday during Jumuah? A: It is permissible to get a non-Muslim to stick flyers to car windscreens during Jumu'ah.
Q: Is it permissible to get a non-Muslim to stick business flyers to car windscreens on Friday during Jumuah? A: It is permissible to get a non-Muslim to stick flyers to car windscreens during Jumu'ah.
Q: My friend took some gold from his home without telling his father. The gold was made for him by his grandmother but his father was not ready to give it to him stating that it is his property. Can my friend keep the gold? A. If the gold was not given to the son by his …
