Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

paypal.com fees is interest or this is consider as service fee.

· 24 Safar 1425 AH1 min readFatwa 11427English

Question

There is a website paypal.com on which if somebody send you money through credit card they(PAYPAL.com) will charge from receiver of money 30 cent +2.2% of the amount send to receiver also they will charge you more if the money is send to you and you are in other country than U.S.A. .Is this come in interest or this is there fee as you are using their website for sending and receiving money. NOTE: They charge money from the guy who receives the money not from the sender. The link for fee rates conditions are below http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-fees-outside

Answer

It is permissible and would be considered as a service fee.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

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