What is the ruling on trading in things that have no benefit, such as postage stamps?
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The questioner : Many things... people have no benefit in them, like... or stamps...
The Shaykh : They have commercial benefits.
The questioner : ...one keeps them only.
The Shaykh : Yes, one keeps them, but if he sells them, he makes a profit, so here their value is conventional, not intrinsic.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : In any case, they have value.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Huh? How?
The questioner : I mean, even the plates...
The Shaykh : What? Does anyone keep insects?
The questioner : Yes, ... .
The Shaykh : Does anyone keep insects?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : In any case, the scholars say that if there is a permissible benefit, there is no harm, and if there is no benefit, do you want to go? And as for stamps, as far as we hear, there is trade in them, they are traded, and a stamp can reach six thousand or more. Yes?
The Shaykh : They have commercial benefits.
The questioner : ...one keeps them only.
The Shaykh : Yes, one keeps them, but if he sells them, he makes a profit, so here their value is conventional, not intrinsic.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : In any case, they have value.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Huh? How?
The questioner : I mean, even the plates...
The Shaykh : What? Does anyone keep insects?
The questioner : Yes, ... .
The Shaykh : Does anyone keep insects?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : In any case, the scholars say that if there is a permissible benefit, there is no harm, and if there is no benefit, do you want to go? And as for stamps, as far as we hear, there is trade in them, they are traded, and a stamp can reach six thousand or more. Yes?