What is the ruling on the privileges that some food companies and others grant to certain individuals or entities only, whereby they monopolize the product?
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The Shaykh : Please, Professor.
The questioner : May Allah keep you safe, may Allah protect you: The point I wanted to refer to is that this also came to us through these foreign companies in terms of privileges. I mean, a company, whether it is a food company or not, wants a person here to distribute its products, and this person monopolizes these products. Is this an Islamic act or a non-Islamic act?
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with this, meaning there is no commission of a forbidden act, but there is an element of selfishness, which is loving good for oneself. However, the Messenger (peace be upon him) said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 5017Sahih (Darussalam) So if he monopolizes, what did you call it?
The questioner : It is a type of monopoly.
The Shaykh : But the common term?
The questioner : The privilege.
The Shaykh : The privilege, yes. So if he is unique in this privilege and does not want anyone to share it with him, we have no text prohibiting it, but he did not respond to the encouragement of the Messenger (peace be upon him) in this last hadith, which explains that the perfection of a believer's faith is that he loves for his brother what he loves for himself of good.
The questioner : May Allah keep you safe, may Allah protect you: The point I wanted to refer to is that this also came to us through these foreign companies in terms of privileges. I mean, a company, whether it is a food company or not, wants a person here to distribute its products, and this person monopolizes these products. Is this an Islamic act or a non-Islamic act?
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with this, meaning there is no commission of a forbidden act, but there is an element of selfishness, which is loving good for oneself. However, the Messenger (peace be upon him) said:
none of you has believed until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself of goodness.
لا يؤمن أحدكم حتى يحبَّ لأخيه ما يحبُ لنفسه من الخيرThe questioner : It is a type of monopoly.
The Shaykh : But the common term?
The questioner : The privilege.
The Shaykh : The privilege, yes. So if he is unique in this privilege and does not want anyone to share it with him, we have no text prohibiting it, but he did not respond to the encouragement of the Messenger (peace be upon him) in this last hadith, which explains that the perfection of a believer's faith is that he loves for his brother what he loves for himself of good.