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Is it permissible to sell in this manner, with an increase in price without the buyer's knowledge? What is the ruling on dealing with another marketer in the profit sharing? Is there a specific amount for the added commission? And what should be done regarding previous sales transactions that occurred without the buyer's knowledge of the added commission?

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It is permissible to market goods in general, unless it involves deception or the good is prohibited.

As for the commission, it can be a fixed amount, or whatever exceeds the price requested by the owner of the good. It is not a condition to inform the buyer of this, for Ibn Abi Shaybah narrated from Ibn Abbas that he saw no harm in a man giving another man a garment and saying: "Sell it for such and such, and whatever you get extra is yours."

Similarly, marketing a good to another marketer who does not own the good, in exchange for sharing the commission upon sale, is permissible. This falls under the category of brokers collaborating.

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