The Ruling on Selling Promotional Gifts Before Purchasing Them from the Market
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The questioner:
This questioner says: I work in the field of promotional gifts,
The Shaykh:
gifts.
The questioner:
promotional.
The Shaykh:
Promotional or media-related? With a noon. Yes.
The questioner:
The buyer comes to buy the gifts from us, so he pays a deposit for them, and we then purchase them from the market. Does this fall under selling what you do not possess?
The Shaykh:
First, regarding the sale of gifts, I did not understand what you mean by selling gifts?
The questioner:
Promotional gifts.
The Shaykh:
What are promotional? Describe them.
The questioner:
Hmm?
The Shaykh:
Their role.
The questioner:
I mean, for example, cups with the company’s brand written on them, or specific pens?
The Shaykh:
Yes, they are not gifts; they have not become gifts. A gift is something given for free. Yes. They are not gifts; these are goods that are sold. It is not permissible for you to sell them while you do not own them. You must own them before the contract. Do not sell what you do not possess.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
This questioner says: I work in the field of promotional gifts,
The Shaykh:
gifts.
The questioner:
promotional.
The Shaykh:
Promotional or media-related? With a noon. Yes.
The questioner:
The buyer comes to buy the gifts from us, so he pays a deposit for them, and we then purchase them from the market. Does this fall under selling what you do not possess?
The Shaykh:
First, regarding the sale of gifts, I did not understand what you mean by selling gifts?
The questioner:
Promotional gifts.
The Shaykh:
What are promotional? Describe them.
The questioner:
Hmm?
The Shaykh:
Their role.
The questioner:
I mean, for example, cups with the company’s brand written on them, or specific pens?
The Shaykh:
Yes, they are not gifts; they have not become gifts. A gift is something given for free. Yes. They are not gifts; these are goods that are sold. It is not permissible for you to sell them while you do not own them. You must own them before the contract. Do not sell what you do not possess.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
شرح أحاديث في الفتن والحوادث، تابع باب من أمارات الساعة 2 — islamhouse.com (49:46)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.