Is It Permissible to Use Loyalty Cards?

Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas

Question: Assalam aleykum

Is it permissible to use loyalty cards, that offer points every time you shop at the store and can then be used to get a certain amount of money deducted from the price of a product?

Answer: Assalam aleykum,

This would be permitted. The points or rewards you earn from using such a card is considered a gift from the retailer to you. As such, there is nothing wrong with using such cards.

[Ustadh] Salman Younas

Checked and approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Ustadh Salman Younas graduated from Stony Brook University with a degree in Political Science and Religious Studies. After studying the Islamic sciences online and with local scholars in New York, Ustadh Salman moved to Amman. There he studies Islamic law, legal methodology, belief, hadith methodology, logic, Arabic, and tafsir.

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