Is there a limit on how much profit a person can make on a product they are selling?
Questions:
As salaam Alaikum,
I have two questions:
1. Is there a limit on how much profit a person can make on a product they are selling?
2. Is it a condition that before one can marry a Christian women one must find out what they believe about prophet Esa (alaihis salaam)?
Was salaam.
Answer:
Wa Alaikum As Salaam,
1. The profit must not be exorbitant so as to be oppressive upon a person with respect to the price charged for an item. It should therefore be within the normal range that traders may put as a ‘mark up’ for a given product.
2. Normally, this is not a condition. However, due to the widespread concocted beliefs, as well as the atheistic beliefs prevalent among present-day Christiams, one should find out about their beliefs in Isa (AS) before marrying one of them.
And Allah knows best,
Mufti Waseem Khan
31/10/2012