Is there any شرعي (legally permissible) issue with brokerage work for Umrah, in which one sells it at a higher price than what the company set, without the buyers' knowledge? And does this work fall under the statement of Shaykh al-Islam: "Earning a livelihood from acts of righteousness is not among the practices of the righteous"? And is it obligatory to abandon it?
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If you are not an agent for people in obtaining visas, then there is no objection to selling them to them at a price higher than the agreed-upon company price. This action is permissible if it adheres to the Shariah controls, and it is not among the acts of worship concerning which there was a dispute regarding the permissibility of taking a wage. Rather, it is akin to taking a wage for building mosques and the like. There is no evidence to support attributing this statement to Ibn Taymiyyah regarding this matter.
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