An agent selling goods at a higher price than its maximum price

15-12-2008 | IslamWeb

Question:

As-salam Alaykum, I work as a salesman in a furniture producing company in my country. My question goes thus: If am given a price range(minimum and maximum prices) of goods in my custody by my boss and as a good marketer I was fortunate to sell even above the maximum price given to me without the knowledge of my boss. If at the end of the day, I took a part of what I realised(what I got above the maximum price) for myself and added the other part of it to the money given to my boss(which increases the maximum price he gave me) as the sales price. The part I took for myself, can it be said to be HARAM?

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger.

 

The price with which the goods are sold, entirely belongs to the owner of the goods and the selling agent has no right in the price. He is only entitled to his wages which were agreed upon. Therefore, you have no right to take the extra amount which you mentioned in the question and you are obliged to give it back to its owner, who is the owner of the goods.  

Allaah Knows best.