Is it permissible for a merchant to sell goods that are not 100% natural, while informing the buyer of the truth, given that all customers resort to other merchants who cheat in trade, which has affected his sales, especially since he does not have another job? Does this fall under the saying of Allah the Almighty: ﴿But whoever is compelled, without desiring it or exceeding due bounds, then there is no sin upon him﴾?
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It is not permissible to cheat in merchandise, and the extent of the deception must be disclosed to the buyer; ambiguous statements are not sufficient.
Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, said: "If the extent of deception in anything is not known, then its sale is prohibited."
Justifying deception by necessity has no basis, for the necessity that permits the forbidden is reaching or approaching destruction, or an unbearable hardship that can only be endured with great harm.
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