{"id":2813,"date":"2012-01-18T11:18:22","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T09:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.muftizubair.co.za\/site\/?p=2813"},"modified":"2013-04-19T15:02:50","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T13:02:50","slug":"a-muslim-businessmans-oath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.muftizubair.co.za\/site\/?p=2813","title":{"rendered":"A Muslim Businessmans Oath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">A Muslim Businessmans Oath<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">I will, Insha-Allah, behave Islamically towards:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My Creator:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>* My intention for business will not be merely to enrich myself but to earn Halaal and spend in the right path<br \/>\n* I will regard it as a compulsory duty to learn all the Islamic rules and laws regarding business from the Ulama<br \/>\n* I will then always conduct my business according to the Laws of Shari&#8217;ah<br \/>\n* I will spend my resources wisely, always maintaining appropriate reserves for difficult times<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;  <\/p>\n<p>My Customers:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>* My primary responsibility is to provide the best quality product to those who come to my business<br \/>\n* I will receive my customers politely and treat them with respect and dignity<br \/>\n* I will work to cut my overhead costs in order to charge reasonable prices<br \/>\n* I will process all transactions speedily and without errors<br \/>\n* I will not misrepresent my products or services to any customer at all<br \/>\n* I will gladly accept to refund a dissatisfied customer<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My Suppliers and Distributors:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>* I will work with my suppliers and distributors to maintain consistency in quality and service<br \/>\n* I will ensure that they make a fair profit<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My Employees:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>* All my employees will work in safe and clean conditions<br \/>\n* They will receive fair and adequate compensation<br \/>\n* They will have ample opportunities to develop their skills<br \/>\n* They will feel free to make suggestions, or complaints<br \/>\n* I will safeguard their rights and respect their dignity at all times<br \/>\n* I will clearly communicate to all employees what is expected of them<br \/>\n* I will compensate my employees equitably<br \/>\n* I will allow them reasonable time to fulfil their religious obligations, especially Salaah &#038; Hajj<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My Competitors:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>* I will not engage in monopolistic behaviour and preclude others from competing with me<br \/>\n* I will compete fairly without engaging in un-Islamic tactics<br \/>\n* I will not be envious or malicious towards my competitors in anyway<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My Community:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>* I will support the community I live in as well as the world-wide Ummah<br \/>\n* I will be a good citizen, by contributing to the welfare of the needy and the destitute in society<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mufti Zubair Bayat<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A Muslim Businessmans Oath &nbsp; I will, Insha-Allah, behave Islamically towards: &nbsp; My Creator: &nbsp; * My intention for[&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[132,135],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.muftizubair.co.za\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.muftizubair.co.za\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.muftizubair.co.za\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.muftizubair.co.za\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.muftizubair.co.za\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2813"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.muftizubair.co.za\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2815,"href":"http:\/\/www.muftizubair.co.za\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813\/revisions\/2815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.muftizubair.co.za\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.muftizubair.co.za\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.muftizubair.co.za\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}