What is the ruling on selling goods bearing a counterfeit trademark without the approval of their owners, knowing that their specifications are identical to or better than the original, and that the trademark owners are merchants who monopolize the product and sometimes are Jews or Crusaders affiliated with Crusader or Zionist states?
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The noble Hadith, "Whoever cheats us is not of us," is a principle for interacting with people. Placing another company's trademark on your product is deception and misleading to consumers, regardless of the religion of the company's owners. The product should be presented with its true quality; otherwise, the seller is to blame.
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