International trade and other sales : buying selling books

Fatawa Question

[Question One] : Assalamu Alaykum Brother Monzer, I have a small question regarding buying / selling. If a person a buys a textbook in a foreign country from a publisher X (in a legal fashion), and then resells the same textbook to another person B in another country, is that a Halal transaction ? Does the publisher's opinion have any role in this transaction ? This is assuming there is no agreement in the initial purchase with the publisher and person a regarding reselling the textbook. Thank you, [Question Two] : Assalamu Alaykum Brother Monzer, Jazak Allah Khairan for your reply. My apologies, but I have another question to follow up on the previous one if it's possible. To elaborate further, the case I am referring to is the importation / exportation of international textbooks. The publisher currently sells two versions of a certain textbook : an international version for outside US and Canada and a version for US and Canada. Both books have the same content however one (US and Canada) is much more expensive than the other (international). The publisher has placed a restriction on exporting the international edition book to other countries. If a person in the country that is outside US and Canada, buys the book in a legal manner from the publisher in that country, and then exports it to US and Canada, then is that a violation of a "contract" or does that go under the right of ownership of the buyer (to freely sell the book) ? The publisher states that "exportation or importation of the textbook to another region and without the publisher's authorization is a violation of the publisher's rights". In Shari’ah terms, how does all of this translate ? My apologies again for the follow up question. Jazak Allah Khairan, Ahmad

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Publication Date

2010-09-19

Main Subjects

Economy and Commerce
Financial and Accounting Sciences
Religion
Islamic Studies

Topics

• Islamic jurisprudence
• Sales
• International trade
• Purchasing
• Books

No. of Pages

2

Data Type

Fatawa

Language

English

Record ID

BIM-734278

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