Fatwa ID: 06987

Answered by: Alimah Jannatun Nessa

Question:  

Will the affiliate income from Amazon be pure, if the product pages contain pictures and videos of humans. For example, if I promote an Amazon link of a suitcase, the person who clicks on my link will view the product page and purchase the suitcase, but the product pages contain pictures of human faces (of men and women). So I didn’t know what to do. 

I thought of promoting some stationery items, even in those product pages, I found photos of hands of women. 

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:

The earnings from affiliate links are pure so long as the products and services that are being promoted are halal.

Muslim men and women are generally told to refrain from looking at non-Mahrams because it may lead to immodesty and sin. However, it is acceptable to market and profit from affiliate links for stationary items that feature images of hands because it is extremely unlikely that doing so will encourage immodesty or sin, and because it is rare, a prohibition will not be placed upon it.

Only Allah (عز و جل) knows best.

Written by Alimah Jannatun Nessa

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

[Qawaid Fiqhiyyah, page 50]

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