What is the ruling on network marketing, and is it permissible to purchase the product with one's own money without relying on agents in the event of its prohibition, and must the agent who was brought in be compensated?
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"It is not permissible to engage in the multi-level marketing system of Qlikmt company. Whoever participated in it, relying on a permitting it, bears no sin, but must now withdraw. It is permissible to pay the remaining cost of the product to obtain it. There is no obligation to compensate those who entered the marketing scheme through advertising; rather, they should be informed of the impermissibility of the transaction and invited to withdraw from it."
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