What is the ruling on selling a service that the seller does not provide himself, but rather purchases from a third party at a lower price and then sells to the customer at a higher price, knowing that the customer may be aware of the existence of lower prices but trusts the seller, and that the seller bears full responsibility for the service?
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Selling likes is impermissible because it involves deception, fraud, and selling what one does not own. This is forbidden in Islamic law. The money earned from this sale is ill-gotten and must be disposed of by spending it on the interests of Muslims or giving it to the poor and needy.
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