What is the ruling on the cards of commercial centers by which the customer obtains discounted offers?
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Question:
This questioner says: May Allah reward you. Some commercial centers have cards that are given to the customer, and when he purchases, points are calculated for him according to his purchases. Then he exchanges the points for items from them, and with this card he gets discounted offers.
Answer:
All of this is gambling and maysir (gambling), and it is not permissible. If you need an item, go and buy it from the market, and leave these tricks, competitions, and prizes alone, because they are maysir (gambling) and gambling. They want you to buy from them and not from others, and they divert people from other shops, thereby harming people. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade intercepting travelers and forbade a resident from selling to a traveler, so that the benefit would be for all the people of the market, and so that one does not exclude another. You make prizes to divert people to you and deprive others.
Then this money that the customer takes is not permissible for him, because it is not in exchange for something; it is in exchange for this card by which he wants to divert people to his shop or store, and the harm to others. There is no harm and no reciprocating harm. This is not permissible. Yes.
This questioner says: May Allah reward you. Some commercial centers have cards that are given to the customer, and when he purchases, points are calculated for him according to his purchases. Then he exchanges the points for items from them, and with this card he gets discounted offers.
Answer:
All of this is gambling and maysir (gambling), and it is not permissible. If you need an item, go and buy it from the market, and leave these tricks, competitions, and prizes alone, because they are maysir (gambling) and gambling. They want you to buy from them and not from others, and they divert people from other shops, thereby harming people. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade intercepting travelers and forbade a resident from selling to a traveler, so that the benefit would be for all the people of the market, and so that one does not exclude another. You make prizes to divert people to you and deprive others.
Then this money that the customer takes is not permissible for him, because it is not in exchange for something; it is in exchange for this card by which he wants to divert people to his shop or store, and the harm to others. There is no harm and no reciprocating harm. This is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم بطاقات المراكز التجارية التي يحصل بها العميل على عروض مخفضة؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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