What is the ruling on profits earned from creating a da'wah channel on YouTube, if the profit results from activating the membership feature rather than from advertisements?
There is no harm in creating a da'wah (preaching/advocacy) channel on YouTube to disseminate beneficial content, and there is no harm in making membership contingent upon a known fee in exchange for accessing its content and permissible services. However, the channel owner must beware of deception and fraud; they should not describe it with qualities that are not truly present in it, due to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Whoever cheats us is not of us," and his saying: "The one who pretends to have been given what he has not been given is like one who wears two garments of falsehood."
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