Processing budget transactions on credit card speed points

2 Dec 2012 · 18 Muharram 1434 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

At tills there are speed points. It takes debit & credit cards. Will we get sin if the customer uses his credit card & says he wants to put it on BUDGET(6 or 12 months-interest will be charged to the customer)?

Answer

Avoid this. Don’t cooperate in an act that is haraam and forbidden.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّـهَ إِنَّ اللَّـهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ ﴿المائدة: ٢﴾

Answered by: Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

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