Is the activity of the employment company "Majesty," which requires an employee to pay 2850 Riyals for a course and obliges them to bring in 8 new trainees monthly to pay the same amount, with the salary linked to the number of trainees, Islamically permissible?
This image depicts an application of the multi-level marketing concept, which relies on collecting money from the subscriptions of new members and profiting from the difference between the collected funds and expenses. This includes prohibitions, such as unjustly consuming people's wealth and gambling.
The fundamental permissibility of network marketing, where commissions (fees) are paid without requiring a special initial subscription, is not denied. However, if advance payment is stipulated, the of prohibition remains, whether the payment is disguised as attending a course or purchasing goods, as these are merely masks for a massive gambling scheme. Many fatwas prohibiting this method have been issued by fatwa committees and institutions throughout the Islamic world.
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