Book of Sales and Related Matters

Question: A man may have a cow but cannot find a bull for it except for a fee, and he is troubled by that. Is it permissible for him to pay a fee for having his cow inseminated if he...

Question: Is it permissible for a Muslim to sell one of his kidneys to a patient? Is it permissible for him to sell his blood to a patient? Likewise, what about selling any other organ of his body? And if...

Question: Is it permissible to buy and sell radios, tape recorders, and televisions, given that many people use them for what is unlawful as well as what is lawful? Or is that impermissible?

Question: A man works with a merchant. Is it permissible for this worker to buy and sell slaughtered chickens that were slaughtered abroad and imported from the land of Christians, upon which is written: ‘Slaughtered according to the Islamic method’?

Question: If the seller of a commodity knows of a defect, is it permissible for him to sell it without informing the buyer of the defect?

Question: Is it permissible to deal in buying and selling with one who engages in usury, or is it not permissible?

Question: It has become customary in the produce markets that the seller places the best fruit or best greens on the face of the basket and puts the lesser quality underneath. What is the ruling on that?

Question: An employee in charge of zakat (al-wājibāt) wants to partner with one of his brothers in purchasing a commodity to be shared equally between them. This employee will be the one to provide the price of the commodity, and...

Question: A man imported merchandise from Saudi Arabia to Yemen. This merchandise is exactly like that imported by the official agent; there is no difference between them. The manufacturer is the same, the size is the same, and the composition...

Question: Is it permissible for a man to buy, for example, a car from highway robbers, while knowing that they took it by force from its owner… etc.? (This question came from some people of al-Jawf.)