Opening a shop under another person's name
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Question:
We are with you, our dear listeners, and with our dear guest, Honorable Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan, on the program Light on the Path. Honorable Shaykh Salih, this questioner says: A resident asked me to open a shop in my name, while he is the real owner of the shop and the one who buys and sells. He is only taking my name and giving me an amount of about two thousand riyals per month. Is this work permissible?
Answer:
No, this is not permissible; it is forbidden. Because it is lying and deception, and the system prohibits this, and it involves disobedience to the one in authority, and it involves concealment. So this work is not permissible. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
We are with you, our dear listeners, and with our dear guest, Honorable Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan, on the program Light on the Path. Honorable Shaykh Salih, this questioner says: A resident asked me to open a shop in my name, while he is the real owner of the shop and the one who buys and sells. He is only taking my name and giving me an amount of about two thousand riyals per month. Is this work permissible?
Answer:
No, this is not permissible; it is forbidden. Because it is lying and deception, and the system prohibits this, and it involves disobedience to the one in authority, and it involves concealment. So this work is not permissible. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/253 — archive.org (12:25)
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