What is the ruling on an international trading company that sells goods it does not take possession of, but rather has them shipped directly from the manufacturer to the final buyer? What is the ruling on profit earned merely from searching for the goods? Is it permissible to take a share of the profit if the sale is impermissible? What is the Sharia-compliant way to deal with the company?

The aforementioned transaction involves impermissible Shar’i aspects. One of them is that the company sells goods it does not own, which is not permissible. The correct approach is to make a promise to sell until the company owns the good, then sells it. It is not permissible for the questioner to mediate in it if he knows its true nature, as it involves assisting in sin.

The second impermissible aspect is that the questioner’s work involves gharar (uncertainty); his wage is unknown, and he works without a guarantee of receiving his wage until after the completion of the deal. The correct approach is to agree on a known wage for known work, and he deserves it upon completing the work, whether the deal is concluded or not, provided that the company corrects its method of operation.