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Is it considered contrary to Islamic Sharia to engage in fictitious subscriptions to foreign companies and profit from them, knowing that these companies require real subscribers?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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If companies stipulate that the subscriber must be a real person, then it is not permissible to deceive them. And if subscribing to them entails falling into a Shariah-forbidden act or aiding in it, then it is also not permissible, and benefiting from the compensation is forbidden because it is a wage for a forbidden act. So, the deciding factor is the company's terms, its field of work, and what results from subscribing to it.

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