Gifts and Prizes Distributed by Companies to Customers
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A person has a grocery store, and sometimes he distributes gifts to encourage customers. Some companies provide him with these gifts without requiring a purchase or a specific amount. Is this permissible?
Answer:
This is not permissible because it harms the other people who did not receive prizes. It harms the owners of other stores and diverts customers away from them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 2340Da'if (Darussalam) This action is not permissible. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade intercepting caravans and forbade intercepting all goods in order to prevent harm to people.
This frivolity that merchants or stores engage in, such as placing cars or prizes, holding lotteries, or conducting competitions where the one who answers correctly gets such-and-such, or entering a number to draw, and the one whose number matches takes a car, all of this is from gambling and from divination, and it is not permissible. The least of its harms is that it harms the owners of stores that do not engage in this practice. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 2340Da'if (Darussalam), and he said:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A person has a grocery store, and sometimes he distributes gifts to encourage customers. Some companies provide him with these gifts without requiring a purchase or a specific amount. Is this permissible?
Answer:
This is not permissible because it harms the other people who did not receive prizes. It harms the owners of other stores and diverts customers away from them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
It was narrated from 'Ubadah bin Samit that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ruled: “There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm.”
لا ضرر ولا ضرارThis frivolity that merchants or stores engage in, such as placing cars or prizes, holding lotteries, or conducting competitions where the one who answers correctly gets such-and-such, or entering a number to draw, and the one whose number matches takes a car, all of this is from gambling and from divination, and it is not permissible. The least of its harms is that it harms the owners of stores that do not engage in this practice. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
It was narrated from 'Ubadah bin Samit that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ruled: “There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm.”
لا ضرر ولا ضرارDo not intercept the goods,
لا تلقوا الجلب،
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 010 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الطهارة / الحيض / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:15:14)
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