Question Summary:
Selling products prior to owning them.

Question Detail:

Assalamu alaikum

Answer :

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

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

The methodology explained by you is unclear. You enquire if you need to possess the item prior to posting the ad. However, subsequently you state that the supplier from Chennai sends the material to you and you take a picture and post it on social media. 

Kindly clarify.

You may respond to admin@daruliftaa.net Ml.Mohamed Ebrahim Abdullah

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Mohamed Ebrahim bin Ismail Abdullah

Student - Darul Iftaa

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Checked and Approved by,

Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

19-11-1440| 22-07-2019