Standing in front of shops to greet customers
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the ruling on what some shopkeepers and owners of commercial establishments do, standing in front of their shops to receive customers and urge them to enter? Is this considered one of the prohibited practices of intercepting travelers?
Answer:
Yes, this is a form of harm to your neighbors. Sit in your shop, and the provision written for you will reach you. As for calling people to your shop and snatching them away from your neighbors, this is not permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the ruling on what some shopkeepers and owners of commercial establishments do, standing in front of their shops to receive customers and urge them to enter? Is this considered one of the prohibited practices of intercepting travelers?
Answer:
Yes, this is a form of harm to your neighbors. Sit in your shop, and the provision written for you will reach you. As for calling people to your shop and snatching them away from your neighbors, this is not permissible. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما جاء في ميراث الجدة والجد — islamhouse.com (1:03:32)
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