What is the ruling on marketing where nuts and coffee are purchased with cash, while cakes are taken from a bakery that displays its products at the questioner's shop at a reduced price, and then sold to customers at market price, with the agreed-upon amount being paid to the bakery at the end of the month, and expired cakes being replaced for free? Is it permissible to market cakes to hotels frequented by disbelievers during their holidays, such as Christmas and New Year's?
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Marketing cakes is permissible, and it is akin to the baker hiring you to sell cakes, with your wage being the excess over the price set for you, as reported by Ibn Abbas. Selling cakes to guests in hotels where there are disbelievers is permissible, due to the Prophet (peace be upon him) dealing with Jews. However, if you know that the buyer will present the cake for a Christmas or الميلاد celebration, then it is not permissible.
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