The Ruling on Selling Canned Foodstuffs
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Canned foodstuffs, where one cannot see what is inside, are they included in the prohibition of selling, and do they count as sales involving gharar (excessive uncertainty in a contract)?
Answer:
No, the prohibition does not include them. It is not permissible to sell them in this state because if they are opened, they will be ruined. Since opening them would ruin them, this is a means of preserving them, so there is no harm. And if they are, for example, regulated and labeled, then yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Canned foodstuffs, where one cannot see what is inside, are they included in the prohibition of selling, and do they count as sales involving gharar (excessive uncertainty in a contract)?
Answer:
No, the prohibition does not include them. It is not permissible to sell them in this state because if they are opened, they will be ruined. Since opening them would ruin them, this is a means of preserving them, so there is no harm. And if they are, for example, regulated and labeled, then yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب النهي عن ثمن عسب الفحل — islamhouse.com (46:37)
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