Text copied Link copied

Al-Fatawa – home

﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

Scholar
Search mode

What is the ruling on purchasing goods imported from disbelievers?

Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
May Allah reward you. This person asks: Is it permissible to purchase the goods of disbelievers that are sold in the lands of the Muslims, or is it obligatory to boycott them?

Answer:
Allah the Exalted said:
But Allah has permitted trade and has forbidden interestوَأَحَلَّ اللَّهُ الْبَيْعَ وَحَرَّمَ الرِّبَا
[Al-Baqarah 2:275]
Allah has made lawful sale. The default ruling for buying and selling is permissibility; the default ruling for transactions is permissibility. So, whatever is good and beneficial from the goods, and you are in need of it, buy it, provided that no prohibition has been issued. If a prohibition is issued by the one in authority, if a prohibition is issued by the one in authority of the Muslims to boycott these goods, do not disobey the one in authority. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم شراء البضاعة المستوردة من الكفار؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

Flag this fatwa