Is it ethical to bribe doctors to promote medicine?

Q: I have joined a medicine company. We have to visit doctors to promote our medicines. Doctors don’t concentrate until we give them a bribe. Tell me is this job jaaiz or not?

Bismillaah

A: It is not permissible to bribe.

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

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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