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Fatwa ID: 08698<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Answered by: Muftiyah Saniyah bint Asrar<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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What is the legal ruling on registering a social media username that is freely available and can be claimed by anyone? Specifically, if a person deliberately registers a username anticipating that a particular business or brand with the same name will need it in the future, and then approaches that business with the same name to buy the username from them, is this practice permissible?<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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There is nothing wrong in registering a social media username that is free and then waiting for it to be demanded by someone else to sell it to them as long as doing so doesn’t violate the rules of the social media company. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Instagram prohibits the buying\/selling of accounts, so violating this rule would be impermissible. <\/span>However, this is a common practice in certain areas such as when buying a website name that could be in demand at a later time. This practice is more obviously permissible as you must buy the website name for a small price initially and then sell it to a big company later on.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Written by Muftiyah Saniyah bint Asrar<\/span><\/p>\n

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n

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