{"_id":"668da06c0b76658b4c2336d6","title":"What is the permissibility of drop shipping?","question":"What is the permissibility of drop shipping? Where you utilize a platform (Most commonly used: Amazon) to sell products and typically a vendor ships the product with a label, shipping date, etc. You do not have the product physically in hand (although that is possible with lower quantities).","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"The sacred law does not permit selling something one does not possess at the time of sale. However, an exception exists through the salam contract, which allows selling something not yet possessed with additional conditions, such as:\\n1. The price of the merchandise must be received when the agreement is first made.\\n2. The merchandise bought in advance is not a specific individual article but a financial obligation.\\n3. The merchandise must be clearly defined and known by both parties.\\n4. The merchandise must be within the seller's power to deliver.\\n\\nThese conditions might be met with the drop-shipping model. However, the problem here is that the seller never takes possession of the merchandise before delivering it to the buyer. In drop-shipping, the merchandise goes directly to the buyer without coming under the seller's possession. Typically, the buyer (A) pays the seller (B) for the merchandise, then B buys the merchandise from the supplier (C), who delivers it directly to A.\\n\\nAccording to Sharīʿa principles of sale, the seller must take possession of the merchandise before delivering it to the buyer. To fulfill this condition, the merchandise must first come under B's possession. If B has a warehouse where the merchandise is stored before being delivered to A, the transaction would be valid. Another solution is for B to act as an agent for A to purchase the merchandise from C on behalf of A for a set fee, rather than acting as a seller. Allah knows best.\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9ff00b76658b4c2329a9","tag":"Contemporary Life: Jobs and Career","count":120}],"createdOn":"2024-07-09T20:41:16.586Z"}