The Ruling on Buying and Selling Stocks via the Screen
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner asks: What is the ruling on buying and selling the stocks that are purchased? What is the ruling on buying and selling stocks via the screen that is famous now?
Answer:
This is unknown, and the Shafi'is do not make the thing known; rather, it is merely an image, and Allah knows the reality. So this is a sale of an unknown item and a sale of an absent item. Also, it is not known, and it is a condition for the item being sold that it be known, and this is not known. Seeing it on the screen does not make it known; rather, it is something they deal with by its image only, which may not have a reality. Avoiding this is undoubtedly safer for the conscience and more cautious.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner asks: What is the ruling on buying and selling the stocks that are purchased? What is the ruling on buying and selling stocks via the screen that is famous now?
Answer:
This is unknown, and the Shafi'is do not make the thing known; rather, it is merely an image, and Allah knows the reality. So this is a sale of an unknown item and a sale of an absent item. Also, it is not known, and it is a condition for the item being sold that it be known, and this is not known. Seeing it on the screen does not make it known; rather, it is something they deal with by its image only, which may not have a reality. Avoiding this is undoubtedly safer for the conscience and more cautious.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
شرح منظومة الآداب الشرعية [16] — alfawzan.live (1:20:10)
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