The ruling on placing large fruit on top of the box and small fruit at the bottom
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Some merchants and sellers place the large fruit on top of the box and the small fruit at the bottom. Is this considered forbidden deception?
Answer:
Yes, this is deception.Sunan Abi Dawud 3129Sahih (Al-Albani) He said, Riyad as-Salihin 1579 Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Some merchants and sellers place the large fruit on top of the box and the small fruit at the bottom. Is this considered forbidden deception?
Answer:
Yes, this is deception.
The Prophet (ﷺ) passed by
مر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم على بائع طعام،Why did you not place this (the drenched part of the heap) over the corn so that people might see it? He who deceives is not of us.
هلا جعلته ظاهرا حتى يراه الناس من غشنا فليس منا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 29 من 32|تعليقات على شرح العقيدة الطحاوية|من رام علما|صالح الفوزان|العقيدة|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (53:28)
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