Offering customers credit cards

Q: I work in a department store, and as part of the job we are obliged to ask customers if they want a store card, which is a credit card, and if they do, to open accounts for them. What is the ruling on credit cards, and is this work permissible?

A: It is permissible if it does not involve any usurious transaction.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

 

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)