The ruling on a merchant storing goods and selling them later
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The questioner:
Is it permissible for a merchant to present the goods
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
It is permissible for a merchant to store the goods in a private warehouse so that he can meet the needs of some customers later and sell to them at the market price.
The Shaykh:
If these stores consist of essential foodstuffs that people need for their basic sustenance, then this is the forbidden and cursed hoarding. But if it consists of luxuries that people need only as luxuries, then there is no harm. Yes, he may dispose of it as he wishes: he may sell it, store it, or give it in charity, as long as it is not among the necessities whose scarcity burdens people and drives up their prices. If it is, then it is prohibited, and he is a hoarder. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Is it permissible for a merchant to present the goods
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
It is permissible for a merchant to store the goods in a private warehouse so that he can meet the needs of some customers later and sell to them at the market price.
The Shaykh:
If these stores consist of essential foodstuffs that people need for their basic sustenance, then this is the forbidden and cursed hoarding. But if it consists of luxuries that people need only as luxuries, then there is no harm. Yes, he may dispose of it as he wishes: he may sell it, store it, or give it in charity, as long as it is not among the necessities whose scarcity burdens people and drives up their prices. If it is, then it is prohibited, and he is a hoarder. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 11 من 15 / شرح أصول الإيمان / دعاء الرسول للغرباء/ صالح الفوزان / العقيدة/ كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:06:58)
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