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Ruling on selling souvenirs for tourists

Question: 98611

Is it permissible to deal in souvenirs for tourists?.

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.

It is permissible to deal
in souvenirs for tourists, so long as that does not include anything haraam,
because the basic principle is that selling is permissible, as Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning): 

“Allaah has permitted
trading”

[al-Baqarah 2:275]

So if the item being sold
is not haraam and is not something that is used for haraam purposes, then
there is nothing wrong with selling it or dealing in it. 

Haraam things include:
selling alcohol, statues, clothing with images on them, and selling things
that venerate the kuffaar such as their pictures, flags and symbols, or
anything that helps them or evildoers to engage in their evil and falsehood,
such as indecent clothing, greetings cards for haraam festivals and selling
things which are proven to be harmful such as tobacco. 

For more information please
see question no. 75007 and
67745 and
12274

And Allaah knows best.

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