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Is it permissible to work for a website that sells digital products, such as wholesale subscriptions, by purchasing the product from the website after the customer pays?

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Digital products are either sold or leased. If ownership transfers to the buyer, it is a sale. If ownership remains with the seller and the buyer is granted usufruct for a specified period, it is a lease. Selling a described item in advance (Mawsoof fi al-Dhimmah) is not permissible except as a salam (forward sale), which requires full payment of the price at the time of the contract. However, leasing described usufructs in advance (Manfa'ah Mawsoofah fi al-Dhimmah) is permissible, and it is not a condition to pay the rent in advance at the time of the contract.

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