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Are we Muslims, as consumers in the modern world, paying oppressors to exploit and carry out corruption?  

Q:

Are we Muslims, as consumers in the modern world, paying oppressors to exploit and carry out corruption?  Our purchases, from most products that are provided at stores, are from the exploitation of several hundred million people around the world. The exploitation ranges from enslaved children as young as five to others, men, women and children, working for .03 cents/hour, 16 hours/day, 7 days/week. And when we buy these things, it reinforces the infrastructure of this corrupt system.

A:

Salamun Alaykum

Thank you for your query.

If we are certain that the products’ price goes to Israel or the enemy of Islam who are exploiting in corruption against Islam, then it is Haram to engage into anything to do with such products.

According to Ayatullah al-Udhma Sayyid Ali Sistany:

Question: I know there is a company which is helping Israel monthly. What is the fatwa about working in such a company and purchasing its products?

Answer: There is no permission as to dealing with Israeli products and products of companies which are known to be supporting Israel in an effective way.

www.sistani.org/english/qa/01133

May Allah(swt) grant you success

Wassalam,

Syed Haider