What is the ruling on continuing in the business of network marketing for a foreign company, knowing that this business is based on selling real products and not on subscription fees or bringing in new members, and that stopping it will lead to significant financial losses and debts for the questioner and those he supports, with the possibility of the company amending its system to comply with Islamic Sharia?
If joining the company's marketing system is free, and what is marketed is Islamically permissible, and the member receives a commission for directing customers to the products, then there is no harm in that. Any condition that includes an element of gharar (excessive uncertainty or risk) can be corrected to avoid the harm of the company's dissolution, and the contract should be presented to a specialist in the jurisprudence of transactions.
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