The Ruling on Commercial Agencies and the State’s Designation of Suppliers
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The questioner:
Agencies.
The Shaykh:
What does "like what" mean?
The questioner:
Does it include a single bag? A single bag of one commodity in the apartment.
The Shaykh:
Meaning, only one person sells it; one single person.
The questioner:
No, may Allah reward you. Some companies have a brand that they acquire according to the country.
The Shaykh:
From the side of the state, so that they do not manipulate things, they allow a person or company to inherit this matter for a year, because if they allowed others, they would ruin it and waste his work. This requires the state's effort, judgment, and oversight to support the Muslims, and to grant this one a license and not the other. This has its justifications. If the state sees that this is better, it grants him a license to import sheep, and grants this one a license to import cattle, and grants this one a license to import clothes, and so on, so that they do not compete with each other, and so that they do not harm one another.
Agencies.
The Shaykh:
What does "like what" mean?
The questioner:
Does it include a single bag? A single bag of one commodity in the apartment.
The Shaykh:
Meaning, only one person sells it; one single person.
The questioner:
No, may Allah reward you. Some companies have a brand that they acquire according to the country.
The Shaykh:
From the side of the state, so that they do not manipulate things, they allow a person or company to inherit this matter for a year, because if they allowed others, they would ruin it and waste his work. This requires the state's effort, judgment, and oversight to support the Muslims, and to grant this one a license and not the other. This has its justifications. If the state sees that this is better, it grants him a license to import sheep, and grants this one a license to import cattle, and grants this one a license to import clothes, and so on, so that they do not compete with each other, and so that they do not harm one another.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح الجديد ]، تابع باب شروطه وما نهي عنه منه - 4 — islamhouse.com (10:29)
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