{"id":37540,"date":"2025-11-17T18:07:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=37540"},"modified":"2025-11-17T20:54:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T20:54:00","slug":"ruling-on-using-paid-driving-test-booking-apps-that-block-public-slots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/ruling-on-using-paid-driving-test-booking-apps-that-block-public-slots\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruling On Using Paid Driving Test Booking Apps That Block Public Slots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 08518<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Answered by Alimah Aisha Qureshi<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">I wanted to ask if it is permissible according to Islamic principles to use driving test booking apps. Usually, the dates for driving tests are 18 weeks far at least, and people use these apps paying them a higher price. These apps hold a test for you for a few minutes and you have to accept the slot within that time frame. But during that time someone who\u2019s looking for a test online without using these apps will not be able to find the test as I would have paid more using the app. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Will this action not interfere as Huqooq Ul Ibaad?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Booking services and apps have made things easier for booking appointments such as driving tests certain booking apps charge a premium price and secure a test slot faster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">However, Islam emphasises on fairness and transparency in all transactions. Qur\u2019an and Hadith, warn against exploitation and harm to others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In the issue of driving test apps, if someone uses these services to block access to test slots by reserving them for a brief period, then offering them at a higher price, this could be viewed as unfair, it seems this service can cause harm to others by increasing the price or making the service unavailable for others which is not just and equal<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">With regards to huqqoq al ibaad the practice of making it unavailable to others is a form of injustice as it affects others&#8217; accessing the driving test service at a reasonable price, which is a right they are entitled to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Taking into consideration all the above it would be fair to say that it would be violating the rights of others therefore one should abstain from this kind of transaction in which his and other rights are violated by the company .<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>References:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u0644\u0627 \u0636\u0631\u0631 \u0648\u0644\u0627 \u0636\u0631\u0627\u0631<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Qawaid Fiqhiya pg 28<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u062d\u064e\u062f\u0651\u064e\u062b\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0627 \u0623\u064e\u062d\u0652\u0645\u064e\u062f\u064f \u0628\u0652\u0646\u064f \u0633\u0650\u0646\u064e\u0627\u0646\u064d\u060c \u062d\u064e\u062f\u0651\u064e\u062b\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0627 \u0643\u064e\u062b\u0650\u064a\u0631\u064f \u0628\u0652\u0646\u064f \u0647\u0650\u0634\u064e\u0627\u0645\u064d\u060c \u062d\u064e\u062f\u0651\u064e\u062b\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0627 \u0643\u064f\u0644\u0652\u062b\u064f\u0648\u0645\u064f \u0628\u0652\u0646\u064f \u062c\u064e\u0648\u0652\u0634\u064e\u0646\u064d \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0642\u064f\u0634\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0631\u0650\u064a\u0651\u064f\u060c \u0639\u064e\u0646\u0652 \u0623\u064e\u064a\u0651\u064f\u0648\u0628\u064e\u060c \u0639\u064e\u0646\u0652 \u0646\u064e\u0627\u0641\u0650\u0639\u064d\u060c \u0639\u064e\u0646\u0650 \u0627\u0628\u0652\u0646\u0650 \u0639\u064f\u0645\u064e\u0631\u064e\u060c \u0642\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064e \u0642\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064e \u0631\u064e\u0633\u064f\u0648\u0644\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0647\u0650 \u0640 \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0645 \u0640 \u200f\u00a0&#8220;\u200f \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0651\u064e\u0627\u062c\u0650\u0631\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0623\u064e\u0645\u0650\u064a\u0646\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0651\u064e\u062f\u064f\u0648\u0642\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0645\u064f\u0633\u0652\u0644\u0650\u0645\u064f \u0645\u064e\u0639\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0651\u064f\u0647\u064e\u062f\u064e\u0627\u0621\u0650 \u064a\u064e\u0648\u0652\u0645\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0642\u0650\u064a\u064e\u0627\u0645\u064e\u0629\u0650 \u200f&#8221;\u200f<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sunnah.com\/ibnmajah:2139\">Sunan Ibn Majah 2139<\/a> (sunnah.com)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Only\u00a0Allah\u00a0(\u0639\u0632 \u0648 \u062c\u0644)\u00a0knows best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Written by Alimah Aisha Qureshi<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 08518 &nbsp; 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