Muslim Woman

The practice of bribery may be restricted to specific sections of
society, but the area flooded by ill-gotten money is the world of
business-trade, buying and selling, factories, shops, etc. The Quran
has laid down various rules of conduct in this regard. Take trade for
example: those who are Convinced, Don't consume each other's money
illicitly, social life necessitates buying and selling, so that it
should be done in agreement of the parties involved, otherwise, it is
just like killing others. God wishes to save you from it,4:29 The verse
in point resolves the problem of trade. But actually the exact opposite
happens. Shopkeepers unite and decide prices. If a prospective customer
finds a price too high, he is told to try elsewhere. Failing to get a
lower rate, he is forced to pay the price for the asking. That is
obviously not in agreement of the parties involved but the shopkeepers
maintain, wrongfully of course, that that is the case. They obviously
exemplify the verse: Many go astray, as many find the right path Quran
2:26. The shopkeeper, who insists on charging his quoted price and
maintains that it does not impinge on the agreement of the customer,
does not himself feel the same way when the roles are reversed. That is
why the Quran goes on to say: Then whoever commits it, does it
deliberately and wrongfully; the end of it will be hellfire, which is
easy for God to do, 4:30. As trading involves the manufacturers,
stockiest, wholesalers, retailers as well as consumers, fair trade can
only exist in a system which controls profits and prices.