Back to search

What is the ruling on trading goods that are called "burned"?

1 min readAlso available in العربية

The question included several matters: the discount percentages given by the company to its distributor, giving medicines for free without a stamp, and bribery to the accountant and pharmacist to fraudulently evade taxes.

As for the discount percentages and giving medicines for free (unless they were originally designated for free distribution), these are permissible.

As for bribery to fraudulently evade taxes: - If the taxes are in exchange for a governmental service, then evading them fraudulently is forbidden, and both the briber and the bribed are cursed. - If the taxes are an unjust toll (maks), then fraudulently evading them is permissible, and the bribe is given to repel injustice, and it is permissible for the giver, but not for the recipient, except in exchange for a service.

In summary: "Righteousness is that with which the heart is at peace and the soul is at peace, and sin is that which wavers in the heart and causes hesitation in the chest, even if people give you a fatwa."

Summarized from the full answer at Ftawy · reviewed Sep 2, 2026

Read the full answer on Ftawy