Is it permissible to sell the coupons that the government distributes to a specific class of people so that they can obtain sugar, rice, milk, and the like?
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The questioner : The government distributes rice, sugar, and milk.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : To specific people, for example, those with Jordanian nationality and a family register. When a person possesses these coupons, he either buys at a reduced price or disposes of them by selling them.
The Shaykh : If the one who distributed these coupons permits it, then there is no harm in this.
The questioner : If he permits it.
The Shaykh : That is, if he permits it, it is assumed that these coupons are given to a specific class of the people.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is that not so?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : As assistance for them, yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : I do not think so.
The questioner : But the Jordanian people, of course, those here.
The Shaykh : I, for example, do not take coupons, hehe, that is the case.
The questioner : ... There are things specific to a certain class, such as for refugees, and there are also general things for Jordanian nationality and for those with a family register. These are specific and not for everyone, so the expatriate and the Egyptian and Syrian brothers do not take anything.
The Shaykh : Yes, so the point is that these coupons are given to a specific class of citizens, as they say today.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So if the government that decided on this giving permits it, at least by implication, and it is not necessary that the permission be explicit, then there is no objection to it. But if it does not permit it, then this is an impermissible action. Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar.
The student : Does not this hadith of Abu Hurayrah apply to this? When he said, "Have you made riba lawful?" He said... He said, "I made the vouchers lawful." The vouchers were when they gave a man a paper saying, "Go and take from so-and-so." Some of them used to sell them, so Abu Hurayrah rebuked him. He said, "What is that?" He said...
The Shaykh : But if the ruler permits it.
The student : This is Abu Hurayrah's rebuke of the ruler.
The Shaykh : That is it.
The student : No, Abu Hurayrah rebuked the ruler: Why do you permit the sale of the vouchers?
The Shaykh : Correct, yes.
The student : O Shaykh, this is... to preserve the state's funds... the state objects to this.
The Shaykh : How?
The student : ... It was prohibited except for this, only to preserve the state's funds, so that it does not leak to other nationalities.
The Shaykh : No, the state does not permit this.
The student : No, it does not permit it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : The state owns them.
Another student: You... but...
Another student: They are not given to a class of people, but to all Jordanians.
The Shaykh : ... Is it permissible for a Jordanian to give them to a non-Jordanian? That is the answer.
The student : I heard you say to a class of people.
The Shaykh : ... Yes.
The student : He sells them at a price higher than what they are worth.
The Shaykh : Yes...
The student : This is very important.
The Shaykh : This is not permissible.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : To specific people, for example, those with Jordanian nationality and a family register. When a person possesses these coupons, he either buys at a reduced price or disposes of them by selling them.
The Shaykh : If the one who distributed these coupons permits it, then there is no harm in this.
The questioner : If he permits it.
The Shaykh : That is, if he permits it, it is assumed that these coupons are given to a specific class of the people.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is that not so?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : As assistance for them, yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : I do not think so.
The questioner : But the Jordanian people, of course, those here.
The Shaykh : I, for example, do not take coupons, hehe, that is the case.
The questioner : ... There are things specific to a certain class, such as for refugees, and there are also general things for Jordanian nationality and for those with a family register. These are specific and not for everyone, so the expatriate and the Egyptian and Syrian brothers do not take anything.
The Shaykh : Yes, so the point is that these coupons are given to a specific class of citizens, as they say today.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So if the government that decided on this giving permits it, at least by implication, and it is not necessary that the permission be explicit, then there is no objection to it. But if it does not permit it, then this is an impermissible action. Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar.
The student : Does not this hadith of Abu Hurayrah apply to this? When he said, "Have you made riba lawful?" He said... He said, "I made the vouchers lawful." The vouchers were when they gave a man a paper saying, "Go and take from so-and-so." Some of them used to sell them, so Abu Hurayrah rebuked him. He said, "What is that?" He said...
The Shaykh : But if the ruler permits it.
The student : This is Abu Hurayrah's rebuke of the ruler.
The Shaykh : That is it.
The student : No, Abu Hurayrah rebuked the ruler: Why do you permit the sale of the vouchers?
The Shaykh : Correct, yes.
The student : O Shaykh, this is... to preserve the state's funds... the state objects to this.
The Shaykh : How?
The student : ... It was prohibited except for this, only to preserve the state's funds, so that it does not leak to other nationalities.
The Shaykh : No, the state does not permit this.
The student : No, it does not permit it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : The state owns them.
Another student: You... but...
Another student: They are not given to a class of people, but to all Jordanians.
The Shaykh : ... Is it permissible for a Jordanian to give them to a non-Jordanian? That is the answer.
The student : I heard you say to a class of people.
The Shaykh : ... Yes.
The student : He sells them at a price higher than what they are worth.
The Shaykh : Yes...
The student : This is very important.
The Shaykh : This is not permissible.
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