Giving doctors money to write prescriptions for a specific company's milk: Is this a bribe?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I am a sales representative for a milk company, and my job is to go to doctors in private clinics and polyclinics and give them a sum of money so that they prescribe this specific type of milk from our company for children. Is this amount considered a bribe?
Answer:
It is a bribe; it is a bribe; this is a bribe. So this is not permissible, and may Allah protect us from it.
The presenter:
Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I am a sales representative for a milk company, and my job is to go to doctors in private clinics and polyclinics and give them a sum of money so that they prescribe this specific type of milk from our company for children. Is this amount considered a bribe?
Answer:
It is a bribe; it is a bribe; this is a bribe. So this is not permissible, and may Allah protect us from it.
The presenter:
Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/3335] إعطاء الأطباء مالًا ليكتبوا حليب شركة معينة.. هل هذا رشوة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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