Is “Domain Parking” business halal?
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Domain parking is the registration of an Internet domain name without using it for services such as e-mail or a website i.e. without placing any content on the domain.[1] In the business of domain parking an individual sells the domain name. The domain name is a legitimate article of sale.[2] The increase of value is a natural consequence of the demand for the domain name. Hence the business of domain parking is permissible.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Mawlana Ali bin Cassim,
Student Darul Iftaa
Los Angeles, U.S.A
[2](المادة 126) (المال هو ما يميل إليه طبع الإنسان ويمكن ادخاره إلى وقت الحاجة منقولا كان أو غير منقول) (مجلة الأحكام العدلية، ص31)