Between Permissibility and Prohibition: A Fiqh Research on Cashback
https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2022-18-3-105-124
Abstract
This research is focused on “cashback” — a service that partially refunds the cardholder for purchases, which is widely used in Russia as a certain benefit program. Given its variety, the Muslim community does not have a complete understanding of the permissibility or prohibition of this bonus program. Based on the fatwa analysis of contemporary jurists and ulama councils, a conclusion is made about the admissibility of using cashback benefits provided by stores. Also, the use of diff erent types of bank cards and the degree of cashback permissibility in them in modern Russia are clarified.
About the Author
M. V. Kovaleva
Ulems Council of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Maryam V. KOVALEVA, member of the Ulems Council of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian Federation, member of the Research Committee of the European Council on Fatwas and Research, chairman of the Council on Fatwas of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Republic of Karelia
100, Muezerskaya Str., Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, 185002
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Kovaleva M.V. Between Permissibility and Prohibition: A Fiqh Research on Cashback. Islam in the modern world. 2022;18(3):105-124. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2022-18-3-105-124
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