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Is money earned from commissions in the modified network marketing system, which sells products at market prices without subscriptions or membership renewals, forbidden or permissible?

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We have previously clarified in numerous fatwas the impermissibility of multi-level marketing due to its inclusion of usury and gharar (excessive uncertainty). However, if the situation inquired about involves a company selling a permissible product, and marketing does not require a financial subscription or the purchase of a product, and the commission is known, then this is permissible; otherwise, it is not.

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