The Ruling on Exaggeration in the Profits of Merchants and Workshop Owners
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Some merchants and workshop owners exaggerate in their
The Shaykh:
merchants.
The questioner:
Some merchants and workshop owners exaggerate in their profits by a hundred percent, and sometimes two hundred percent. For example, may Allah preserve you, he says: If a merchant among them sells car glass and its price is one thousand eight hundred, he asks for four thousand. His question is: Is this lawful? And does this action fall under the category of consuming people's wealth unjustly?
The Shaykh:
He sells as people sell. The lawful thing is that he sells as people sell, and he does not increase beyond that. If he increases beyond that, it is prevented. It is obligatory for the one in authority to prevent them from these exorbitant increases that go beyond the price. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Some merchants and workshop owners exaggerate in their
The Shaykh:
merchants.
The questioner:
Some merchants and workshop owners exaggerate in their profits by a hundred percent, and sometimes two hundred percent. For example, may Allah preserve you, he says: If a merchant among them sells car glass and its price is one thousand eight hundred, he asks for four thousand. His question is: Is this lawful? And does this action fall under the category of consuming people's wealth unjustly?
The Shaykh:
He sells as people sell. The lawful thing is that he sells as people sell, and he does not increase beyond that. If he increases beyond that, it is prevented. It is obligatory for the one in authority to prevent them from these exorbitant increases that go beyond the price. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 14/13 شرح تجريد التوحيد/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:11:55)
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