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Is it permissible to create a website specializing in forex and economic news, currency and stock prices, broker lists, and trading platforms, while displaying Google AdSense advertisements that include ads for brokers and trading platforms, knowing that the website is not involved in direct trading, leverage, or taking people's money, and that the majority of its users are non-Muslims?

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It is permissible to create a website that displays financial and economic news, provided that it does not assist in anything unlawful, based on the words of Allah Almighty: (And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression), and the words of the Prophet (peace be upon him): (Whoever calls to misguidance will have the same sin as those who follow him).

However, if transactions involving Forex, stocks, and brokers are predominantly unlawful, and the website assists visitors in participating in what is forbidden, such as selecting a type of stock or a trading platform, then the owner of the website incurs sin by guiding towards the unlawful.

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

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