What is the ruling on e-commerce using the drop shipping system, where the seller does not own the product but displays its images and information only, then buys it for the customer from another website after the buyer requests it from him and pays him?
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) prohibited selling what one does not own, based on the Hadith of Hakim ibn Hizam: "The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade me from selling what I do not possess." The illustration of this is when a website owner displays pictures of products he does not own, and when the sale is concluded, he purchases them and then sends them to the buyer.
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