What is the ruling on prizes that companies offer in exchange for purchasing their products?
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The questioner : Between the lawful and the forbidden, during this period, bottles of Pepsi and similar carbonated drinks appeared in the markets. They contain profits. Are these profits lawful or forbidden?
The Shaykh : It requires specification. Do you mean prizes?
The questioner : Exactly, yes.
The Shaykh : If the companies offering these prizes pay for them out of their own pockets, they are called in the language of jurists: "ju'alah."
The questioner : Ju'alah?
The Shaykh : Ju'alah, which is a prize. But if it was imposed on the customers, for example, they used to sell it for ten, but they raised it to eleven, so eleven qirsh from here and a qirsh from there, and so on, until they collected the value of the prize, then this is riba and gambling.
The questioner : And what if it is in its natural state?
The Shaykh : There is no natural state. The first case!
The questioner : The first case, yes.
The Shaykh : There are two cases.
The questioner : But we don't know, meaning?
The Shaykh : YesSunan an-Nasa'i 5711Sahih (Darussalam).
The Shaykh : It requires specification. Do you mean prizes?
The questioner : Exactly, yes.
The Shaykh : If the companies offering these prizes pay for them out of their own pockets, they are called in the language of jurists: "ju'alah."
The questioner : Ju'alah?
The Shaykh : Ju'alah, which is a prize. But if it was imposed on the customers, for example, they used to sell it for ten, but they raised it to eleven, so eleven qirsh from here and a qirsh from there, and so on, until they collected the value of the prize, then this is riba and gambling.
The questioner : And what if it is in its natural state?
The Shaykh : There is no natural state. The first case!
The questioner : The first case, yes.
The Shaykh : There are two cases.
The questioner : But we don't know, meaning?
The Shaykh : Yes
Leave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt.
دع ما يَريبك إلى ما لا يَريبك
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