The ruling on working for a merchant who changes the country of origin of the dates
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: I work as a salesperson in a date shop, and when these dates come to us, the owner of the shop changes the place of origin. Instead of writing that the dates are from al-Kharj, for example, he writes that they are from al-Qasim or from somewhere else. His question is: What is the ruling on working in this place and with this merchant?
Answer:
Do not work for this merchant. He is a liar and a deceiver. He writes on dates from al-Kharj that they are from al-Qasim, and vice versa. This is lying, so do not work for him unless he abandons this practice and commits to truthfulness.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: I work as a salesperson in a date shop, and when these dates come to us, the owner of the shop changes the place of origin. Instead of writing that the dates are from al-Kharj, for example, he writes that they are from al-Qasim or from somewhere else. His question is: What is the ruling on working in this place and with this merchant?
Answer:
Do not work for this merchant. He is a liar and a deceiver. He writes on dates from al-Kharj that they are from al-Qasim, and vice versa. This is lying, so do not work for him unless he abandons this practice and commits to truthfulness.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب النهي عن ثمن عسب الفحل — islamhouse.com (43:12)
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