The Ruling on a Card with an Expiration Date
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner asks: What is the ruling on a card with an expiration date?
Answer:
I disliked that people would look into it, meaning, if you are not reassured by this matter, if there is hesitation in your chest and you do not feel at ease with it, then know that it is a sin, so leave it. If you do not feel comfortable with it, and your conscience and your soul do not find peace in it, then know that it is a sin, so leave it. Yes. As for a card with an expiration date, I do not know anything about it, but it is known that when a person buys something, he benefits from it until it is used up. As for it being said that after a certain period of time it becomes void and you do not benefit from it, this is invalidating the rights of people and the property of people. He bought it with dirhams; what invalidates it and spoils it for him, and they eat his right and eat the price he paid, and do not fulfill his right, but rather they accompany the benefit from it? Yes, this is dealing in falsehood and consuming the wealth of people through falsehood. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner asks: What is the ruling on a card with an expiration date?
Answer:
I disliked that people would look into it, meaning, if you are not reassured by this matter, if there is hesitation in your chest and you do not feel at ease with it, then know that it is a sin, so leave it. If you do not feel comfortable with it, and your conscience and your soul do not find peace in it, then know that it is a sin, so leave it. Yes. As for a card with an expiration date, I do not know anything about it, but it is known that when a person buys something, he benefits from it until it is used up. As for it being said that after a certain period of time it becomes void and you do not benefit from it, this is invalidating the rights of people and the property of people. He bought it with dirhams; what invalidates it and spoils it for him, and they eat his right and eat the price he paid, and do not fulfill his right, but rather they accompany the benefit from it? Yes, this is dealing in falsehood and consuming the wealth of people through falsehood. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب الترغيب في مكارم الأخلاق — islamhouse.com (1:06:53)
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