Is selling medications labeled "Private - Ministry of Health," which are purchased at a reduced price and sold at a lower-than-market price to kidney centers, permissible (halal) or forbidden (haram)?
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It is impermissible to purchase medications from centers affiliated with the Ministry of Health that sell medicines designated for patients, because they are selling what they do not own, even if the buyer intends to sell them to kidney centers that are in need of them.
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