The ruling on renting out one's name to a non-Muslim to open a shop
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
May Allah the Exalted reward you with good. This questioner asks: What is the ruling in Islam regarding a person who says in his supplication?
Answer:
A shop for a non-Muslim is named after him, using his name, and he is considered Saudi. He is merely lending his name and taking money from the non-Muslim for his name. Some people rent out their names and cover for the non-Muslims. This is not permissible because it is disobedience to the one in authority and it harms the society. This matter is not permissible. Our religion is a religion of truth and trustworthiness; it is not a religion of tricks and lies.
May Allah the Exalted reward you with good. This questioner asks: What is the ruling in Islam regarding a person who says in his supplication?
Answer:
A shop for a non-Muslim is named after him, using his name, and he is considered Saudi. He is merely lending his name and taking money from the non-Muslim for his name. Some people rent out their names and cover for the non-Muslims. This is not permissible because it is disobedience to the one in authority and it harms the society. This matter is not permissible. Our religion is a religion of truth and trustworthiness; it is not a religion of tricks and lies.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم مخالفة قانون الدولة في عدم فتح الموظف محلات باسمه؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com (1:10)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.