What is the ruling on selling local newspapers?
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The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : What is the ruling on selling the local newspapers that are published in the Kingdom?
The Shaykh : I do not see anything wrong with it, except if it contains bad ideas or indecent pictures.
The questioner : It contains news about sports, art, and singing, and advertising for them.
The Shaykh : Leave these alone; do not buy them.
The questioner : A magazine must have a daily supplement on this topic; no newspaper is without one.
The Shaykh : By Allah, I do not know! I see that a person not being informed about what is happening in the world is considered a deficiency, so it is better to say: if you want to be informed about world news, buy this, because most of it is not what you are saying, and this is tearing it up and not spending on it.
The questioner : The question, O Shaykh, is about selling. A shop owner is asking whether he should sell, for example, Al-Jazirah, Al-Riyadh, Okaz, and others?
The Shaykh : If it is permissible to buy them, it is permissible to sell them, because selling is a contract between two parties.
The questioner : What is the ruling on selling the local newspapers that are published in the Kingdom?
The Shaykh : I do not see anything wrong with it, except if it contains bad ideas or indecent pictures.
The questioner : It contains news about sports, art, and singing, and advertising for them.
The Shaykh : Leave these alone; do not buy them.
The questioner : A magazine must have a daily supplement on this topic; no newspaper is without one.
The Shaykh : By Allah, I do not know! I see that a person not being informed about what is happening in the world is considered a deficiency, so it is better to say: if you want to be informed about world news, buy this, because most of it is not what you are saying, and this is tearing it up and not spending on it.
The questioner : The question, O Shaykh, is about selling. A shop owner is asking whether he should sell, for example, Al-Jazirah, Al-Riyadh, Okaz, and others?
The Shaykh : If it is permissible to buy them, it is permissible to sell them, because selling is a contract between two parties.