People have now become accustomed to paying a specific amount to enter a tender, and then if one of them buys the item, those funds paid in advance are not returned to them.

The questioner : People, O Shaykh, people in this time have become accustomed to a matter whose ruling regarding the item we do not know, which is that when entering any of the tenders, a specific fee is required to enter this tender, and when this tender is awarded to one of the competitors, those funds they paid in advance are not returned to them.

The Shaykh : In my opinion, this is considered like taxes, and taxes in my view are divided into two categories: most are taxes (mukus), and some may be in the category of fees. I do not know why this fee is imposed on those people. If you have knowledge and an answer to this question, why, we can look into it.

Another questioner : ... a guaranteed profit ... the company fifty dinars, so these fifty thousand are guaranteed, so I have a guaranteed profit, so every company, I mean, in the tender, its profit is something.

The Shaykh : I mean, without effort.

Another questioner : Yes.

The questioner : For the government.

Another questioner : Even the companies ... .

Another questioner : If there is effort, there is partial effort, O our Shaykh, such as the cost of paper and printing and the employees who handle the advertisements and the like.

The Shaykh : Okay, let us address the matter in another way. I imagine, and I am not a merchant nor an expert in such cases, but I imagine if the door of subscription were opened without this, would paying the fee not result in harm?

Another questioner : On the company that performed the tender ..-. .

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : ... some companies do not submit for this tender because of the fees, so they say, if I subscribed to every tender with an amount of thirty or fifty dinars, it is possible that the tender will not be awarded to me, so they do not subscribe at all, even though its price might be an encouraging competitor.

The Shaykh : I mean, the opposite ... , perhaps this is like what we said earlier regarding installment sales; the one who sells on installment with an increase over the cash sale has fewer customers than the one who sells at the cash price, also with the same installment, I mean, he does not take an extra amount for the installment, his customers will be more. Similarly, the situation is that if they did not take the capital, they would have lost more, and if that is not the case, it would mean, from the perspective of consuming people's wealth unjustly.

The questioner : Work, O Nasib, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : Work, O Nasib.