Is it permissible to earn profit from the "Mizumi" website, which relies on exchanging likes, follows, and views on social media and YouTube to collect points and convert them into dollars?
The method of accumulating points may involve Shar'i (Islamic legal) prohibitions that prevent earning from it. These include:
Firstly: If the 'likes' are not genuine and are accumulated solely for points, which is contrary to reality, then this is not permissible because it falls under cooperating in sin.
Secondly: It is not permissible to follow forbidden images, videos, or accounts and 'like' them, as this constitutes approving of evil and encouraging it.
Thirdly: If the links from which points are earned upon opening them lead to forbidden advertisements, then it is not permissible to browse them. If they are permissible, it is still not permissible to deceive the advertisers by fabricating a large number of browsers who have not actually viewed the content.
If the website is free from these prohibitions, then there is no harm in accumulating points and benefiting from them.
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