Category : Gifts and lending

  • Us the house rightfully mine or not?

    04 Nov 2021 Ref-No#: 3926

    My mother gave me her house and it’s contents while she was still staying in the house. I was also staying in the house at that time. She then made a condition that we keep a part of the house for her if she were to come back. She said she was going to give me full control when she leaves. ...


  • Father gift to one son only

    07 Oct 2021 Ref-No#: 3672

    Father has 2 adult sons & they have their own property. Father gifts his house to youngest son only, reason he gives is “he loves him more” Now there is no harmony between the sons Hadith Bukhaari (2586) and Muslim (1623), I have given a son of mine a slave that used to ...


  • Golf League

    17 Jul 2021 Ref-No#: 3170

    Question: A group has organised a golf social league on the following basis. A committee has been appointed to administer all affairs of the league. *The committee does not get paid for there efforts* In order to enter into the league, a participant will pay R500.00 once off....


  • Accepting a gift from a na-mahram

    31 Aug 2018 Ref-No#: 954

    AsSalaamuAlaykum Mufti saheb If a boy comes to see a girl in order to see if they’re compatible for marriage and he brings a gift, Will It be permissible for the girl to accept that gift? ...


  • Equality in gifts

    27 Feb 2018 Ref-No#: 393

    Salams, I wanted to buy my elder daughter a hand bag as a gift. However, my friend who was with me insisted that if I buy for one child, I have to buy for all. I responded by saying that the other child is only 4 years, so she does not need a hand bag. Now I want to know if I have to buy e...


  • Paying traffic fines with interest

    26 Feb 2018 Ref-No#: 299

    Asslaamu alaykum, Can we pay our traffic fines with interest money? ...


  • Payout of the pension fund

    26 Feb 2018 Ref-No#: 292

    Assalamu alaykum, A) If a person had a Compulsory Pension Fund, and he made a bequest that if he passes away before the money can be released, the funds should be given to his ailing mom. Now that he passed away before that, and the Pension Fund made the payout, will the mother be entitled...


  • Destroying Haram Items Owned by Another Person

    25 Feb 2018 Ref-No#: 202

    Assalamu ‘alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu Mufti Sahib, Is it permissible to take or destroy someone else’s (haram) properties in order to avoid him/her using them (and thus him sinning)? Such as hiding/throwing away tight jeans, music cds, etc.. Does it make any differ...