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Is short selling halal?
Answered by the ShariaQuant team
No. Short selling requires you to sell something you do not own, and the Prophet, peace be upon him, prohibited selling what you do not have. It also normally runs on a borrowed asset with a fee attached, which adds riba on top of the original problem.
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