What is the ruling on selling the coupons that the state provides?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, what is the ruling on the coupons that the state provides? Is buying and selling them forbidden or lawful?
The Shaykh : I do not know what the coupons are that the state provides.
The student : Coupons for milk, sugar, and rice.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : I have coupons and I want to sell them to a merchant.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : There is harm in this matter.
The Shaykh : If it is with the permission of the state, it is permissible; otherwise, it is not. And my understanding is that the state does not allow this because it allocated them to specific people, is that not so?
The student : Yes, and if these are in excess of my need, O Shaykh, if they are.
The Shaykh : He should not sell them, but rather dispose of them as a gift; he is free to do so.
The student : So is this forbidden or lawful?
The Shaykh : You have already asked this; it goes back to the first answer.
The Shaykh : I do not know what the coupons are that the state provides.
The student : Coupons for milk, sugar, and rice.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : I have coupons and I want to sell them to a merchant.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : There is harm in this matter.
The Shaykh : If it is with the permission of the state, it is permissible; otherwise, it is not. And my understanding is that the state does not allow this because it allocated them to specific people, is that not so?
The student : Yes, and if these are in excess of my need, O Shaykh, if they are.
The Shaykh : He should not sell them, but rather dispose of them as a gift; he is free to do so.
The student : So is this forbidden or lawful?
The Shaykh : You have already asked this; it goes back to the first answer.
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