Some commercial establishments calculate points for every visitor, then offer discounts to those who visit most frequently
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: What is the ruling on what some large commercial establishments do, where they calculate points for every visit a customer makes, so that if a customer buys from them, they give him a discount because he visits them frequently?
Answer:
This is like receiving travelers (at the edge of the city), and it is not permissible. This means it harms the other establishments that do not do this; it ruins their customers. So this is not permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: What is the ruling on what some large commercial establishments do, where they calculate points for every visit a customer makes, so that if a customer buys from them, they give him a discount because he visits them frequently?
Answer:
This is like receiving travelers (at the edge of the city), and it is not permissible. This means it harms the other establishments that do not do this; it ruins their customers. So this is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2176 -3022] بعض المحلات التجارية تحتسب نقاطا لكل من يزورها، ثم تعمل خصومات لمن أكثر من زيارتها.. — youtube.com
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