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Is it permissible to shop on Black Friday?

· 16 Rabiʻ II 1442 AH1 min readFatwa 46625English

Question

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Is it permissible to shop on Black Friday? I heard that it is the way of the non muslims so it will not be permissible to shop on the black Friday day? But no one thinks of it as a religious day and just sees it as a day where they have massive sales so will it still be prohibited?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Black Friday does not have any religious or cultural connotations. It happens to fall on the day after Thanksgiving but has no affiliation to it. It is simply a commercial related enterprise.

Therefore, it is permissible to purchase items on sale on Black Friday.

For more detail you may refer to the following Fatwa: http://askimam.org/public/question_detail/43849

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Mudassir

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Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

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Source: Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah — https://askimam.org/public/question_detail/46625
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