What is the ruling on placing gifts in goods and making offers on the goods?
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Question:
I established a factory for paper products, specifically soft tissues, and I want to place a gift in every box. What is the ruling on that? And when a customer buys ten items, they are given a gift box. Is that permissible?
Answer:
That is not permissible. Placing gifts with goods in order to entice people to buy affects others, namely the owners of other factories that do not include gifts. People will turn to you and leave the others. This is one aspect, and it is harming people. The second aspect is that this leads people to buy your products in hope of the gift, even if they may not need them. They buy them only to get the gift, and this involves wasting money.
I established a factory for paper products, specifically soft tissues, and I want to place a gift in every box. What is the ruling on that? And when a customer buys ten items, they are given a gift box. Is that permissible?
Answer:
That is not permissible. Placing gifts with goods in order to entice people to buy affects others, namely the owners of other factories that do not include gifts. People will turn to you and leave the others. This is one aspect, and it is harming people. The second aspect is that this leads people to buy your products in hope of the gift, even if they may not need them. They buy them only to get the gift, and this involves wasting money.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم وضع هدايا في السلع وعمل عروض على السلعة؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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