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Selling replica items

July 30, 2022

Question

I run a business & I would like to knw if it’s permissible for me to sell replicas..Eg to sell cloaks with the bedoonessam on them.. I don’t make them. I buy them frm sum1. Also is it permissible to sell replicas of t shirts etcJzk

Answer

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

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Registered trademarks and brand names are regarded as legitimate rights in Shariah. It is not permissible to sell replicas of registered trademarks and brand names. That is a violation of the rights of the trademark and brand name company. If Bedoon Essam is a registered brand name and trademark, it is not permissible to sell cloaks with the Bedoon Essam brand name. That will also be a deception.[i

بحوث في قضايا فقهية معاصرة – مفتي محمّد تقي العثماني – دار القلم (ج:1 ص:113)[i]فتاوى دار العلوم زكريا –مفتي رضاء الحق – (ج: 5 ص:297)
فتاوی قاسمیہ  – مؤلف : حضرت مولانا مفتی شبیر احمد القاسمی صاحب – ناشر : مکتبہ اشرفیہ دیوبند الھند (ج:23 ص: 185)
فتاوی حقانیہ  – مؤلف : حضرت مولانا عبد الحق صاحب (ج: 6 ص:

And Allah Ta'ālā knows best.

Answered by

Mufti Hammad Jogiat

Cambridge, Canada · Canadian Centre for Islamic Research and Ifta

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