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Fatawa Question

Dear Muslim scholars, Assalamu 'Alaykum : JazakumuAllau Khayran for your efforts in answering the Muslim concerns. A friend introduced me a way to do business without opening a store or etc. ; he explained to me that the business will work as a word of mouth (telling people about the business so they can buy their needs from there-through the internet or by phone). The people who are registered to that business are called “Independent Business Owners” (IBOs). My job will be, as he told me, to bring people to the business to buy things from the company, so whenever the person I brought to the business or any one that comes to the business through the person I brought to the business buys things from the company, I will get bonus check from there. This means, I will earn through my advertisement and bringing people to the business ; I also will be paid if anyone, who came through the people I introduced to the business, buys anything from the company. And the company sells everything A-Z. So if a person (someone down the road) buys some Haram things, would I be accountable for that ? I will never now who that person (the one who buys the Haram thing) might be, Muslim or non-Muslim ; people could be in between us, so I will be only a referral for them. For example, I may tell the business to Ali ; Ali may tell to Ahmed ; and Ahmed may tell to John, so I may not know what Ahmed and John will buy ! Let’s say John buys the Haram thing and of course he came through my business tree, would I be accountable for that ? Is the money I will earn from there will be Haram since I will be paid if anyone from my business tree buys things ? By the way, this company is called Quixtar ; you may know who they are ! I know it is little bit complicated. JazakumuAllahu Khayran.

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Publication Date

2002-09-27

Main Subjects

Marketing
Islamic Studies

Topics

• Islamic jurisprudence
• Business
• Teleshopping

No. of Pages

2

Data Type

Fatawa

Language

English

Record ID

BIM-724997

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