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Question
Salam, i am a student, my dad is a businessman and he runs a car dealership and is also involved in charity not sure if I’m supposed to say. I work with him on holidays and part-time on weekends, He offered to open my car dealership to expand the business, we have finance available to help customer buy their car from us as without finance company you can barely make money on selling cars therefore we use finance companies to sell our cars in Newzealand, I also would want to open a dealership taking this opportunity but don’t want to be committing a major sin. I have a big dream of opening on inshallah, please help me out.
Answer
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته
حامدا و مصليا و مسلما
Muhtaram
We have received your query regarding car dealership, we apologise for the belated reply, our response is as follows:
Allah Ta’ala mentions in the Noble Qur’an:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَذَرُوا مَا بَقِيَ مِنَ الرِّبَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا فَأْذَنُوا بِحَرْبٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ.
البقرة۲۷۸-۲۷۹
“Oh you who believe! Fear Allah and give up whatever interest remains if you are true believers! If you do not (avoid interest), then prepare for war with Allah and His Rasool!” (Surah 2:278-279)
ولا تعاونوا على الاثم والعدوان
“And do not assist each other in sin and transgression” (Surah 6:2)
As Muslims we should stay extremely far from Riba. We cannot comment on your query until we are fully aware of the specific scenario. Please inform us of a specific scenario and then we will look into the matter.
And Allah Ta’ala knows best
Answered by:
Muhammad Irshad Motara
24th Muharram 1446
31st July 2024
