The increasingly widespread use of the internet over time is not only used to increase knowledge, but also to hunt for desired items. The excitement of buying goods is even greater when there is a cashback facility. The items sought are not only consumptive and tertiary, but also products related to sharing, such as buying qurbani with cashback. So, what is the ruling on qurbani cashback?
Definition of Cashback
Cashback is a marketing strategy. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, cashback is a system implemented by banks or business owners to encourage consumers to buy goods by giving them money when they pay for goods. In other words, banks or business owners offer a certain amount of money after consumers purchase products.
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As digital technology continues to develop, cashback is no longer limited to money, but has expanded to include digital money (e-money), points, or digital coins. In addition, cashback is different from discounts. Discounts are price reductions at the outset, while cashback refunds can be used for subsequent transactions by being saved as a deposit.
Law of Sacrifice Cashback
According to Dr. Oni Sahroni’s Fiqih Kurban (Qurbani Fiqh) from the Sharia Consultation page of the Republika Daily, cashback qurbani is permissible as long as there is clarity in the agreement between the parties and the source of the cashback is agreed upon and does not violate the operational costs of qurbani.
If the transaction involves a marketplace, then the transaction occurs between three parties for clarity of agreement, namely:
- The sacrificer
- The sacrifice manager
- The marketplace
Then, if the cashback is provided by the marketplace, it should be funded by the marketplace. However, if it is provided by the sacrifice manager, it must not come from operational costs that exceed the established limits.
Distribute Sacrificial Animals Together with Dompet Dhuafa
According to research conducted by the Institute for Demographic and Poverty Studies (IDEAS) in 2021, qurbani in Indonesia has the potential to be unevenly distributed because it is concentrated in metropolitan areas on the island of Java.
Intervention from Islamic philanthropic institutions is needed to reach 40% of the poorest people in Indonesia, or 99 million people, so that they can enjoy animal protein from qurbani meat. Therefore, an estimated 3.25 kilograms per capita/year, equivalent to 322 thousand tons of meat per year, is needed to reduce the meat gap.
Dompet Dhuafa’s Tebar Hewan Kurban (THK) program has been spreading the goodness of qurbani from upstream to downstream since 1994. The implementation of sacrifice as a social act of worship is driven by Dompet Dhuafa to empower local farmers and reduce the meat consumption gap that is too concentrated in metropolitan cities on the island of Java.
Come on, there is still time to make a sacrifice. You can even pool your resources with your relatives or family to buy a cow! Let’s spread the goodness of sacrifice to all corners of the country.