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Jan 4, 2024 | Business Dealings

QUESTION:

Please provide guidance on the following Masa’il:

1. Mobile phones are gateways of immense amounts of sin and harm. Is trading in mobile phones and their accessories permissible?

1. Trading in phones and accessories is permitted. Phones can be used for permissible and impermissible purposes. If one uses it incorrectly, the sin will be on the user.

2. I am intending to purchase “Facebook ads” for my business. I won’t be using any pictures and will not be spending any time on the platform myself. However, I will be purchasing the ads which will support Facebook as an entity that is known to support and propagate many evils and sin. Would it be permissible to purchase ads on Facebook?

2. It will be better to use other social media platforms for business if by supporting Facebook you will be aiding them in promoting evil.

3. I intend to purchase stock and leave it at the suppliers. When a customer orders from me I get the supplier to directly ship the item to the customer. Would this be permissible?

3. If you hire the courier company to deliver on your behalf to the customer, then the courier company will be taking possession of the goods on your behalf. In this instance, the transaction will be in order.

ALLAH TA’ALA ALONE IN HIS INFINITE KNOWLEDGE KNOWS BEST!

ANSWERED BY:

Mufti Mohammed Desai

Date:- 19 Jumadal Ukhra 1445 / 02 January 2024

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