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What is the ruling on trying out products before purchasing them with the aim of gauging demand for them, and is it permissible to sell them afterwards to those who entered their information during the trial phase, and is it permissible to inform customers beforehand that this is a trial phase before the actual purchase?

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What the questioner mentioned is not a sales contract; rather, it is a promotion, an experiment, and a study of consumer desire, and a non-binding promise. If that is the case, then there is no harm in it.

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