The ruling on tasting a commodity by one who does not intend to buy it
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The questioner:
The hadith is restricted by the hadith, O Shaykh.
Another questioner:
Yes, the grade of Jabir’s first hadith, may Allah bless you
The Shaykh:
There is no harm in it, yes. It does not cause harm, no, no, tasting does not do anything, tasting does not do anything, tasting does not do anything, because he may want to buy and see if it is good or not. As for a person who does not want to buy, it is not befitting for him, because this, even if it does not cause harm, is a baseness that is not fitting. At the very least, you see this. But if he wants to buy, it is not fitting. This is specific to one who seeks profit, he seeks profit from betrayal by the text. Because its evil is great. Yes.
The hadith is restricted by the hadith, O Shaykh.
Another questioner:
Yes, the grade of Jabir’s first hadith, may Allah bless you
The Shaykh:
There is no harm in it, yes. It does not cause harm, no, no, tasting does not do anything, tasting does not do anything, tasting does not do anything, because he may want to buy and see if it is good or not. As for a person who does not want to buy, it is not befitting for him, because this, even if it does not cause harm, is a baseness that is not fitting. At the very least, you see this. But if he wants to buy, it is not fitting. This is specific to one who seeks profit, he seeks profit from betrayal by the text. Because its evil is great. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح الجديد ]، باب حد السرقة — islamhouse.com (20:57)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.