02-01-2007, 08:16 AM
Quote:Salaam
Basically this applies to everything in life.
Now most of you will probably say don't eat at McDonalds or boycott certain companies because of a political issues, others will say it’s only food or a gift.
Many of us will get offers, promotions, haraam gifts (sweets etc) for the sake of cheap goods!
If you got anything that remotely sounds promotional or offers like for example with some sweets we cannot eat or a money saving book for McDonald’s food, what would you do:
- Give it to a non-believer?
- Throw it in the trash can?
- Recycle it?
- Take it anyway!?
- Don’t know!
Some of you may say give it to a non-believer (we tend to do this alot anyway), but isn't our job to convince our non-believing humans to see our way of life, correct them to the right path?
So giving away unwanted gifts, promotional offers and haraam sweets to non-believers because we ourselves cannot take is right or wrong?
What would you do with your haraam gifts (goods, food, drinks)?
Also we have people who make money (profit) for the sake of survival of so fair enough you buy cheap and sell for profit that’s fine... but what if what you’re buying is stolen? Would you knowingly buy stolen items for profit yourself?
Finance is a long issue so I will not go into it, but haraam promotions is something important to look into it and its very much common sense!
Anyway you take care; I hope to hear from you soon, Inshallah.
Ma'asalaama
Bismillah
Assalamo alykum
First we should avoid getting harram gifts,if it is impossible I think
we should Throw the gifts we requested not to use or eat (like the harram sweets) in the trash can.
we should give the gifts we requested to get it only by hallal methods (like interest ,some scholars accepted interest as hallal money) to the poors even we dont get reward for doing that
(may Allah reward us),only to use hallal money.