Launching an initiative that encourages buying local products

A question about launching an initiative that encourages buying local products, and whether it divides Muslims or shuts out non-national products, in which Jordan's General Iftaa Department answered that such initiatives are acceptable as cooperation in good, and are neither a call to division nor a boycott of other products. ¹

The questioner asked about the ruling on launching an initiative encouraging people to buy local products, and whether such an initiative divides Muslims and shuts out non-national products. ¹

The Department answered that economic strength is a foundation of real independence and freedom from dependence, and a requirement for social peace and security; it noted that among the first things the Prophet did on arriving in Medina was to set up a market for the Muslims instead of relying on a market others dominated, and that he then encouraged farming and living from one's own work, and it counted cooperation in this as cooperation in good. ¹ It said national products and local industries that support the country's economy should be supported, since this does more to raise the national economy and to encourage traders and manufacturers to improve their products. ¹ It explained that such initiatives are not a call to division, nor do they shut out non-national products, which continue to be sold and marketed; promoting local products does not mean disparaging others, and competition remains the basis. ¹ It concluded that there is nothing wrong with launching initiatives that encourage buying local products. ¹

Jordan's General Iftaa Department published this fatwa on aliftaa.jo as no. 4004, dated 15 September 2025. ¹ The museum records this text as a historical document attributed to the body or scholar that issued it; it issues no ruling of its own.