Is it permissible to take out a cell phone contract?

Published as Taking out and selling cellphone contracts

· 1 Rabiʻ I 1445 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

1. Is it permissible to take out a cell phone contract?

2. Is it permissible to sell cell phone contracts as a third party with a commission for each sale.

Answer

1. If there is no impermissible clause in the contract, it will be permissible.

2. As above.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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