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Business and Financial Transactions
41. There is nothing wrong with selling live animals by weight 42. There is nothing wrong with buying from companies that sell by instalments if the product is in their possession 43. The car is taken possession of by acquiring it and moving it from where it is, even if the official registration has not been completed 44. Shar’i guidelines on selling by instalments 45. When the company buys the car and it comes into its possession, then it may sell it 46. The company takes the down payment then buys the property then sells it to the purchaser 47. Ruling on what is called a “promise to buy” 48. Ruling on buyer selling the land before the title deed has been issued 49. Ruling on increasing the price of an item for some customers and not others 50. Ruling on discounts if instalments are paid before they are due 51. The sale was done without witnesses and the seller denies it. Is it permissible to add the names of two witnesses to the contract? 52. It is not permissible to rent a house to him on condition that he gives a loan 53. Increasing the price of meat so as to raise some money for the mosque 54. It is haraam to sell an item without pointing out its faults, even if he is selling it to a kaafir 55. Ruling on fixing or maintaining mobile phones and selling them 56. If his relatives want particular types of perfume, is it permissible for him to buy them and sell them to them? 57. The seller must disclose faults in the item to the buyer 58. Can he sell an item to someone who pays for it with a cheque from a riba-based bank? 59. Buying fizzy drinks from a company that also makes alcohol 60. Ruling on selling water