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Gifts (Hibah)
254 fatawa from 5 South African Darul Iftas on Gifts (Hibah), part of Business & Finance. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
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Gifts (Hibah) fatawa — page 4 of 7
- Mufti Online7 Mar 2019
Gifting equally to one's children
Is there a hadith that talks about parents giving their children gifts in ones lifetime. Can a parent give one child more than the other?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online6 Mar 2019
Gifting a house to one’s children
A person has a personal house that he wishes to gift to his three daughters. How should he complete the hibah (gifting) process, considering that…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 Feb 2019
Giving a gift to a government official for a tender
I work in a government organization as an officer. We deal with a lot of tenders. Everyday lots of contractors visit us regarding projects. These…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online10 Feb 2019
Receiving a gift when being paid back a loan
I loaned a certain person an amount of R10 000 to be repaid after one year. When one year elapsed, the person repaid my loan and also presented a…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online31 Jan 2019
Taking back an item after giving it to someone
In India it is quite common for girls to receive jewellery as gifts or rewards by relatives. I received an expensive gold chain from my paternal…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online31 Jan 2019
Gifting one's divorced daughter more than the other daughters
I have four daughters. Three of them are married and the youngest one is a student. Out of all four, one married daughter was separated (got Khula)…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online27 Jan 2019
Using a store voucher given to one on one's birthday
Is it permissible to use a voucher that a store has given you for your birthday and can be used throughout your birthday month?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online24 Jan 2019
Taking money from someone whose father is employed in a bank
Can I take money from a student whose father is employed in a bank?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online23 Jan 2019
What should be done with remainder money after contributing towards a gift?
I had set aside a certain amount of cash to use for a gift that my sister's and I were going to give collectively. A year later my sister was ready…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online22 Jan 2019
Distributing one's property to one's siblings
My father built a house and the house was on my grandmother's name. Now the house is on my mother's name. My father and grandmother are both dead…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online21 Jan 2019
Purchasing items for the child with the child's money
With regards to the money that belongs to our small children (gifted to them by people or given by parents as a reward), if from their money we buy…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Dec 2018
Using store vouchers
I had received store vouchers because of my birth month and thus used them. I wish to know if this is acceptable. I don't have to spend a certain…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online18 Nov 2018
Making changes to jewellery that one specified for one's minor children
Person A intends to give some of her jewellery to her 6 year old minor. She then separates the jewellery that she wants to give to the child, from…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online6 Nov 2018
Eating a piece of chocolate that one was supposed to give to someone else
My one friend gave me a piece of chocolate and told me to give it to his friend who was sitting close to me but instead I ate the piece of…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Nov 2018
Accepting gifts from a person whose income is through Prize Bonds
One of our neighbors does the business of Prize Bonds. He performed Hajj and brought zamzam, dates and tasbeeh for us. What shall we do with these…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online28 Oct 2018
Exchanging different flavour chocolates
Can a person exchange the same item like example dairy milk chocolate nuts with dairy milk chocolate raisons (the flavours are different) or is this…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online24 Oct 2018
Using money given to one by a non-Muslim
Someone has given some money to me as gift for my personal usage. The person is a Hindu... I wanted to know if that money can be used for religious…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online23 Oct 2018
Gifting equally to one's children
If I have three daughters, is it allowed to give 85g of gold to each of them?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online13 Oct 2018
Boy giving gifts to female friends
I am a student and I have friends in school both boys and girls. But on some occasions, can I give a gift to my friends (both female and male…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam26 Sep 2018
Gifting to children unequally in one’s lifetime
Assalmu alaikum, Respected Mufti Sahab, I hope and pray that you are well and good by the Grace of Allah. I have a question regarding property. 1.…
Faizal Dhada - Mufti Online9 Sep 2018
Mother in law taking daughter in laws jewellery
Does a mother-in-law have a right over the son’s jewellery given to him from his wife’s parents on their marriage? And does a wife have any rights…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online8 Sep 2018
Relative giving gifts purchased with interest money
My husband's aunty always brings random stuff into our house. But my sister in law said that she spends on those things is riba or interest she gets…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam18 Aug 2018
Calling an item gift to avoid tax. Permissable or not?
Asalamualaikum wr wb I have a hijab retail business in Mauritius and was recently approached by a sister in South Africa who wanted to purchase from…
Muajul I. Chowdhury - Mufti Online30 Jul 2018
Receiving a gift voucher from a shop on one's birthday
If a certain online shop gifts me a voucher to use on their website and they give it to me on my birth date, is it permissible to buy using this…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online18 Jul 2018
Eid gifts
My family in the recent years have developed this habit of distributing eid gifts amongst the entire family. Whilst it is totally permissable and…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Apr 2018
Making an intention to gift half of one's property
Muhammad owns a property. He was thinking of giving his wife half ownership of the property and may have made an intention in his heart to gift it.…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online3 Apr 2018
Giving gifts with the intention of sadaqah
If I give my grand children or my children gifts, can I make the intention for sadaqah?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online29 Mar 2018
Buying sex toy's as a wedding gift
My friend is getting married soon, insha Allah. Since we are young and close friends and we are a close knit group, we want to buy some gifts for…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online26 Mar 2018
Accepting a gift from a na-mahram
If I recieve a gift from a na mahram who is interested in me and the gift is perfume regarding which Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online21 Mar 2018
Taking promotional products from companies
Some companies promote their products by offering them for free for for a limited time/at a specific place. Is it permissible to consume these…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam12 Mar 2018
Receiving gifts from riba based banks
What Islam says about Scholarships and Prizes without prepaid money? I am a university student. I have the following queries. Please answer them. 1.…
Aboobakr Siddeeq bin Mufti Amjad Mohammad - Mufti Online6 Mar 2018
Distributing one's assets during one's lifetime
My sister had a house worth R160 000 which she sold for R320 000. She has one son and three daughters, and she wants to distribute their shares…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online4 Mar 2018
Giving and receiving gifts
1. Is it mentioned in the Quran or Hadith that a husband and wife should buy gifts for one another? 2. Also is it mentioned that hard work pays off…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online14 Feb 2018
Secretly giving one's wife extra money
Sometimes I secretly replace my wife's money from her purse with a bigger amount. For example, if she had R50, I take the R50 for myself and replace…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online8 Feb 2018
Wakeel (representative) taking the extra item in the sale
If a person asks me to buy something from a certain shop for him and that shop is running a 'buy one, get one free' special, then can I take the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online5 Feb 2018
Grandfather gifting property to grandson
My husband's grandfather signed over a piece of property to my husband when he was a child. The property is in his name in all the official…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online29 Jan 2018
Students collecting money to give a gift to a teacher
My classmates want to give a gift to the class teacher (non-muslim) as she is leaving the school this year, so they are taking money from all the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online22 Jan 2018
Demanding the return of a gift
A relative gave me money and said that it's a gift. I did not want to accept the gift, but was forced to do so because the relative was really…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online2 Jan 2018
Government employee accepting gifts from the public
I'm a government empoloyee and I get a salary per month. In our country there is a common trend of people who come to government offices for their…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 Dec 2017
Giving money to one’s mature and immature children
1. A father gave a fixed amount of money to his wife and told her that this money is for their children (mature and immature children). He also told…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
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