The Ruling on Loyalty Cards from Commercial Stores

Question:
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on loyalty cards from some stores, such that if you buy from them, they add to your account either riyals or points that you use once a month?

Answer:
This is not permissible; it is not a way of consuming wealth unjustly. You buy the item, pay its price, and that is the end of it. As for buying something you do not need in order to get these things, that is not permissible. This is from one aspect. From another aspect, this attracts customers away from others. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade intercepting travelers, forbade intercepting herds, and forbade acting as a broker for them, so that they themselves sell their goods in order for the market to benefit from them. There is no doubt that the rights of Muslims are considered and respected, so do not encroach upon people by using these matters to attract customers, or so that they buy things they do not need in order to obtain the promise you made to them.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.