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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it considered advice if you are a merchant for a man and then you direct the buyers to someone else because of the quality of the product?

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The questioner : Is it considered advice in selling if I work for a man... and there is someone in the market who has something better than what I have?

The Shaykh : What, what?

The questioner : There is someone in the market who has something better than what I have...

The Shaykh : And the price?

The questioner : ...Better quality.

The Shaykh : Meaning cheaper and better?

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : Yes, it is advice to the Muslims that we say there is something in the market that is better and cheaper.

The questioner : Should I inform the employer?

The Shaykh : Inform him, tell him this is in the market, how do you sell to people, perhaps he will lower the price, yes.
Source alathar.net

The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.

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