Question Summary:
Where do we draw the boundaries between luxuries and needs & selling entertainment products

Question Detail:

Respected Ulama e Kiram, I am an engineering student doing my Masters. According to my assessment, the products designed and developed by the engineering industry fall under two categories:

Answer :

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

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

The answer to this would vary according to different individuals. An item could be futile for someone and that same item could be a requirement for another. The same would apply to needs and luxuries. What may be one man’s necessity could be another man’s luxury and vice versa. Hence there is no blanket ruling as far as your question is concerned.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Aboobakr Siddeeq bin Mufti Amjad Mohammad

Student Darul Iftaa 

Azaadville, JHB, South Africa

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.