Is it permissible to take free merchandise that a person incidentally won from a commercial store?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
There is no harm in accepting a gift and benefiting from items for which no price has been paid. The rulings on prizes and gifts offered by commercial stores, and when it is permissible to take them and when it is forbidden, have been detailed in Fatwas: 55994 and 31906.
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