The ruling on writing the value of a commodity on the invoice other than its actual purchase price
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Your Eminence! It may happen that an employer agrees with a professional that the professional will buy the raw material, and the professional goes to the merchant and buys the raw material at a price lower than the market price. The merchant does the same to ensure that the professional continues to deal with him, but the merchant writes the value of the commodity at the market price so that the professional can collect it from the employer at the market price. In any case, the professional takes the raw material to the workplace. What is the ruling on such contracts?
It is obligatory for a person in transactions to be frank and clear, presenting matters as they are. This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the two who trade: (If they tell the truth and make it clear, their trade will be blessed for them; and if they lie and conceal, the blessing of their trade will be wiped out) It is also obligatory for a person to deal with people in the way he would like them to deal with him. So if you are not satisfied that someone profits from you in a transaction in a way that is not the usual manner, then you should not be satisfied for anyone else either. So if a customer comes to you and says: I want such-and-such a commodity, and it is not with you, you say: It is not with me, but it may come to me in two or three days. If it comes, he sells it to him after it arrives, and then let his profit over him be a reasonable profit.Meaning: He does not buy something for ten and say: for twenty, on the basis that the buyer is naive and does not know. The obligatory thing is advice, explanation, and clarification. Whoever deals in this way, Allah will bless him in his trade. And whoever does not deal in this way, the blessing will be removed from him. We ask Allah for safety.
It is obligatory for a person in transactions to be frank and clear, presenting matters as they are. This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the two who trade: (If they tell the truth and make it clear, their trade will be blessed for them; and if they lie and conceal, the blessing of their trade will be wiped out) It is also obligatory for a person to deal with people in the way he would like them to deal with him. So if you are not satisfied that someone profits from you in a transaction in a way that is not the usual manner, then you should not be satisfied for anyone else either. So if a customer comes to you and says: I want such-and-such a commodity, and it is not with you, you say: It is not with me, but it may come to me in two or three days. If it comes, he sells it to him after it arrives, and then let his profit over him be a reasonable profit.Meaning: He does not buy something for ten and say: for twenty, on the basis that the buyer is naive and does not know. The obligatory thing is advice, explanation, and clarification. Whoever deals in this way, Allah will bless him in his trade. And whoever does not deal in this way, the blessing will be removed from him. We ask Allah for safety.