{"id":19264,"date":"2021-01-21T14:27:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T14:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=19264"},"modified":"2021-01-21T14:28:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T14:28:02","slug":"is-the-income-as-an-amazon-affiliate-halal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/is-the-income-as-an-amazon-affiliate-halal\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Income as an Amazon Affiliate Halal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fatwa ID: 04761<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Answered by: Maulana Mohammed Kamran Abid<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Question<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Is the income as an Amazon affiliate halal?<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Answer<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Amazon\u2019s affiliate program, also known as Amazon Associates, is an <\/span>affiliate marketing program that allows owners of websites, blogs, or social media accounts <\/span>to advertise Amazon products on their own site using a special link that has a 24-hour open <\/span>window for the customer to buy anything they want from Amazon.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The website owner receives a commission on the purchase of the customer if they made a <\/span>purchase using one of their links. Each category differs in the percentage of commission the <\/span>owner of the website will receive with respect to the different products the customer <\/span>purchased.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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If for example, a person has a website where they are selling Islamic books, the customer <\/span>goes on this website and clicks on the link (provided by Amazon) which takes the customer <\/span>to Amazon and the customer adds the Islamic book to their cart and continues shopping on <\/span>Amazon. The customer then adds an item that is haraam, to their cart and proceeds to <\/span>check out.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The website owner will get a commission from the Islamic book and the haraam item which <\/span>was purchased because the customer used the Amazon provided link and purchased the two <\/span>items in the 24 hours window. To get a commission from the Islamic book is permissible, but <\/span>to get a commission from the haraam item (i.e. alcohol, beer, etc.) would not be permissible. (Raddul Muhtaar, vol. 6, pg. 63, Darul Fikr Beirut)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Amazon tracks the date each product purchased, the product purchased, and the website owner\u2019s commission on it. So it would be easy to see which commission would be permissible to take.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nOnly Allah knows best
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Written by Maulana Mohammed Kamran Abid
\nChecked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
\nDarul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n

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