In this day and age we see many Muslims selling their courses on social media. Online learning is a blessing as it enables us to learn new information from various experts from the comfort of our homes.
However, before paying for any course, you should really ask yourself the following:
𝟭) 𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿?
𝟮) 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲?
𝟯) 𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘁?
𝟰) 𝗗𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲?
𝗘.𝗴. 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗙𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗻 𝟭 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗿 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝟵 𝘁𝗼 𝟱 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲!
𝟱) 𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲? 𝗘.𝗴. 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲.
𝟲) 𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲?
For those selling courses, while charging for courses is a permissible way of earning an income and beneficial for students, you should fear Allah when it comes to your marketing and not deceive people with claims that you know to be false. Deceiving is a sin and you will not find barakah in the wealth that you earn through it.
