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Buying, Selling & Trade
1,711 fatawa from 8 South African Darul Iftas on Buying, Selling & Trade, part of Business & Finance. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.
By Darul Ifta
Buying, Selling & Trade fatawa — page 1 of 43
- Ibn Masood19 Oct 2026
Selling Goods Via Yaga
I sell items on an app called Yaga. Yaga offers buyers to pay in installments via Mobicred at 18.25% interest per annum + fees. I am not entitled to…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online17 Oct 2026
Charging a fee for advertising on one's online marketplace
Am I allowed to charge for listings on my online marketplace? The seller purchases the listing, and their store or product appears in a showcase…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood14 Oct 2026
Income Earned Off Video Games
Is it permissible to develop and sell video games as a professional activity and earn a living from it, if the content and mechanics comply with…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online8 Oct 2026
Charging a person one's expenses to deliver a loan to him
With regards to these two fatwas, I have the following questions: https://muftionline.co.za/node/36923 https://muftionline.co.za/node/36922 My…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online5 Oct 2026
Buying from online stores like Shein and Temu
A lot of people are buying from shein and temu. Theres a lot of murat, indecent and nude immoral pictures. Is it permissible to buy from this…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Azaadville28 Sep 2026
Deceiving Other Partners In The Sale Price Of A Property
A, B and C are co-owners of a piece of land. All three decide to sell the land as the piece of land. All three are free to talk to the buyers and…
- Mufti Online23 Sep 2026
Taking a student scholarship from a bank
Is it permissible in Islam to take a student scholarship from a riba based bank? The father is a guard man and the mother is a cook.
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ibn Masood23 Sep 2026
Selling Goods Sans Possession
If I get an order from my customer for something I do not have on hand, and I order the goods from my supplier, and the supplier (as a favour to me…
Mufti Muhammad Bhayla - Mufti Online20 Sep 2026
Purchasing silver for silver or silver for gold
I would like to know about zakat. 1. My wife has gold and silver ornaments and she is liable for zakat every year as they are above nisab. She wants…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online20 Sep 2026
Dropshipping
Is dropshipping Halal or Haram in Islam? If Haraam, then how to do it in a Halaal way?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood15 Sep 2026
Crypto-currency Spot Trading
Is it permissible to buy and hold Crypto-currency (spot)? Are there some Halaal coins, or is it not permissible in general? Some restaurants and…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Azaadville9 Sep 2026
Returns And Refunds In An Online Business
I am hoping to start an online business. I would like to sell clothes and it will be very difficult to accept returns and exchanges. Will it be…
- Ibn Masood2 Sep 2026
Selling Digital Products
I would like to sell digital products such as sheets of tracing arabic alphabets, stories of the Ambiya Alaihimus Salaam, etc. The business is…
Mufti Muhammad Isa Ali - Azaadville22 Aug 2026
Selling Items In The Masjid Parking Lot/Yard
A person sells fruit and veg from his car in the Masjid parking lot. 1) Is this permissible? 2) Does the Masjid committee have the right to prevent…
- Mufti Online20 Aug 2026
Charging the EFT charges when giving someone a loan
My friend asked me for a loan of R10 000. He said that he will pay me back the R10 000 after a week. There is no extra amount that I asked him to…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online20 Aug 2026
Charging petrol money to deliver the loan amount
My friend asked me for a loan of R100 000. He asked me to bring the money to him. I live in Pmb and he lives in Durban. Is it permissible for me to…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online20 Aug 2026
Getting involved in an interest transaction
My daughter works in a health company. Few days back one of her colleagues asked for 1000 dirhams from each person to give daman company and in…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood19 Aug 2026
Purchasing Haraam Animals
In terms of Fiqh, certain animals are classified as impermissible to sell, for example, a hedgehog. Does this impermissibility extend to purchasing…
Mufti Ahmed Saeed - Azaadville18 Aug 2026
Selling An Item Before Taking Possession Thereof
Is it permissible to sell an item before taking possession thereof?
- Azaadville13 Aug 2026
Selling An Item As Voetstoots
If the seller says – Sold as is – does it fall in the same category as someone who says أنا برئ من كل عيب? Can the buyer still return the item if he…
- Mufti Online12 Aug 2026
Partner buying off shares from partner's children after partner passes away
There were two brothers owning a business 50% each. One brother passed away, they distributed the inheritance of the business in percentages. e.g.…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online10 Aug 2026
Purchasing from a store where the money goes towards a church
Can you purchase from a store where the money goes towards their church? Store is fully owned and run by a Christian lady
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Aug 2026
"Price adjustment" when shopping online
When shopping online (Temu etc.), certain companies have something called "price adjustment". It is a benefit which gives the buyer back the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood1 Aug 2026
AI Systems
I run a digital marketing and AI systems agency, and I need some guidance on two specific situations that have come up. Our work involves creating…
Mufti Ahmed Saeed - Mufti Online28 Jul 2026
Forgetting to inform the customer of the different sizes of the item for sale
I sell products online through Etsy. I sold a desk mat through Bay‘ al-Salam. The mat has three sizes, but I accidentally forgot to add the size…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online21 Jul 2026
Shopkeeper allowing one to take items and put the money in the till
I work as a teacher at a Madrasah. The Madrasah has a tuckshop. When I buy from the tuckshop, the shopkeeper (an elderly Moulana) allows me to take…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online15 Jul 2026
Referring clients to parties offering "bridging finance"
I am an Attorney specialising in conveyancing. As part of the process, certain debts need to be paid by sellers before transfer is taken and the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online14 Jul 2026
Helping one's wife pay an interest bearing loan
Before our marriage, my wife financed a car with an interest-bearing loan. I am not on the loan or title and had no involvement in the original…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online14 Jul 2026
One's supplier delivering directly to the customer without one taking possession
I want to ask - is drop shipping permissible or not? Let me explain the process: When a customer places an order, I contact the supplier to say that…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online12 Jul 2026
Selling the testicles of halaal animals
Is it permissible to sell the testicles of halaal animals?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ibn Masood11 Jul 2026
Buyer Protection Fee-Revised
There is a website called Yaga where one can buy and sell items. However, at checkout, a buyer protection fee is charged. I would like to know…
- Ibn Masood8 Jul 2026
Drop Shipping
What is the Shari’ee ruling regarding drop shipping (eg. Shopify)?
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online2 Jul 2026
Non-baaligh children giving sadaqah or buying gifts for others with their own money
Is it permissible for non-baaligh children to give sadaqah from their own spending or to buy gifts for others with their own money? Also, will…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online30 Jun 2026
Calling interest "service charge"
There is a government youth development department here. There is a loan project and it was declared on the terms 9% service charge for women with…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online25 Jun 2026
Selling a property off-plan
If one is doing a property development, what is the mas'alah of selling the property off-plan? From limited knowledge, we are aware that if a…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online25 Jun 2026
Buying a bag of goods without knowing its contents
There is a app called Refreshi, this is how it works, you pay a certain amount and get a bag of food/dessert etc... but you don't know exactly what.…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood17 Jun 2026
Selling Gold From Zama Zamas
Would it be permissible to sell gold obtained from Zama Zamas? Additionally, would it be permissible for me to eat at someone’s house whom I know is…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - MUBZ17 Jun 2026
Breeding and Selling Animals
If a person were to invest in animals, and take care of them, grow them, let them breed etc and then when they have offspring, would they be able to…
- Mufti Online15 Jun 2026
Selling a live animal to a sangoma to do rituals
1. Is it permissible to sell a live animal to a sangoma who will use the animal for some haraam ritual or for making sihr? 2. Is it permissible to…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Azaadville15 Jun 2026
Leverage Trading
Is leverage trading permissible?
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