A brother who owns a bookstore has cards, saying: when you present this card, you get a special discount.
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The questioner : A brother who owns a bookstore distributes them, saying: when you present this card, you get a special discount; so this card is distributed to a limited number of people; is this permissible?
The Shaykh : This requires study so that the answer is clear, perhaps we can speak now as long as the food has been served...
...and every book is at this rate; for example: a book whose capital is one riyal, and the rule is that the profit is 25 percent, what will be the price of this book? 125, let us assume this was his system, when he designed these cards and announced this announcement here, did his profit decrease or increase?
The questioner : But these cards...
The Shaykh : No, no, it decreased, but...
The questioner : It decreased.
The Shaykh : That is the answer, may Allah reward you, it decreased.
The questioner : From one aspect it decreased, but from another aspect it increased.
The Shaykh : No, listen my brother, when I ask you, did it decrease relative to the system he had established?
The questioner : It decreased.
The Shaykh : Is there a possibility that it increased?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : This is the context of our discussion; because the speech has a continuation, so he notes this reality; which is that when he printed these cards and distributed them to some people, the total profit he was collecting from the quantity of books he was selling previously decreased, okay; if the matter is like this, then it means that in the way of advertising for his store and his books, he took this loss out of his pocket, and the loss is on his account, whereas if it were the other way and the picture is as follows: we said the book whose price is one hundred, he was selling it for 125, so he made it 130; why? So that the loss does not come out of his pocket but from the pockets of the buyers, is this clear up to here?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Third and finally: why is this picture not permissible? Because the owners of the cards are the ones who will profit from the capital of the purchase from the others who buy without cards, and this is gambling; is it clear to you now?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And I think now there is no need for us to think about your saying; because from another aspect he will profit, this is correct, but what is observed here is that it is a gamble; because most of those who deal with the bookstore owner will pay more than the fixed price, this increase was directed by the bookstore owner to the owners of these cards, so this increase did not come out of his pocket, but came out of the pockets of those who do not have cards, and this returns to the percentage of the lottery; which they call a charity lottery and it is evil; is it clear?
The questioner : Yes, but if it is in the form of the first picture?
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : There is no objection.
The Shaykh: Mmm.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : This requires study so that the answer is clear, perhaps we can speak now as long as the food has been served...
...and every book is at this rate; for example: a book whose capital is one riyal, and the rule is that the profit is 25 percent, what will be the price of this book? 125, let us assume this was his system, when he designed these cards and announced this announcement here, did his profit decrease or increase?
The questioner : But these cards...
The Shaykh : No, no, it decreased, but...
The questioner : It decreased.
The Shaykh : That is the answer, may Allah reward you, it decreased.
The questioner : From one aspect it decreased, but from another aspect it increased.
The Shaykh : No, listen my brother, when I ask you, did it decrease relative to the system he had established?
The questioner : It decreased.
The Shaykh : Is there a possibility that it increased?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : This is the context of our discussion; because the speech has a continuation, so he notes this reality; which is that when he printed these cards and distributed them to some people, the total profit he was collecting from the quantity of books he was selling previously decreased, okay; if the matter is like this, then it means that in the way of advertising for his store and his books, he took this loss out of his pocket, and the loss is on his account, whereas if it were the other way and the picture is as follows: we said the book whose price is one hundred, he was selling it for 125, so he made it 130; why? So that the loss does not come out of his pocket but from the pockets of the buyers, is this clear up to here?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Third and finally: why is this picture not permissible? Because the owners of the cards are the ones who will profit from the capital of the purchase from the others who buy without cards, and this is gambling; is it clear to you now?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And I think now there is no need for us to think about your saying; because from another aspect he will profit, this is correct, but what is observed here is that it is a gamble; because most of those who deal with the bookstore owner will pay more than the fixed price, this increase was directed by the bookstore owner to the owners of these cards, so this increase did not come out of his pocket, but came out of the pockets of those who do not have cards, and this returns to the percentage of the lottery; which they call a charity lottery and it is evil; is it clear?
The questioner : Yes, but if it is in the form of the first picture?
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : There is no objection.
The Shaykh: Mmm.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
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