Network marketing is a new method in today's trading, which can be studied as an independent transaction, although there might be some similarities between such topics as ijāra (lease), ju‘āla (hire), ṣulḥ (conveyance), and network marketing.
In various network marketing projects, there are suspicions like chance, taking risks, deception, lack of attempt in earning an income, and withdrawal of capital from the country; thus, such doubts as gambling, consuming property wrongfully, and uncertainty of these transactions are put to discussion; especially in the types of transactions whose cycles are defined without exchange of goods or exchange of luxurious goods with unreal
Given the direct and indirect destructive effects that these activities, especially of the second type, have on the economic networks of societies, besides the above-mentioned misconceptions, the most important title that can be taken into consideration by the Islamic state in delimiting it is the secondary decree of preserving the ruling system and its expedience. While referring to various types of marketing networks, this article addresses their legitimacy or illegitimacy. What we can say is that network marketing is not legitimate due to its consuming property wrongfully, gambling, uncertainty, and disruption in the system and is propounded as an unlawful (ḥarām) occupation, which ends up in invalidity.
Keywords: network marketing, ju‘āla (hire), ṣulḥ (conveyance), consuming property wrongfully, uncertainty, gambling, secondary decree.
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