Presents and Gifts: Accepting Gifts Given to Seek Favour or Flattery

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Presents and Gifts: Accepting Gifts Given to Seek Favour or Flattery

English:

Question #1728:

Should there be any doubt that the present to be given to someone is intended to be used as a carrot to curry favor with them and make them blow trumpets in his praise, is it permissible to take it?

Answer #1728:

If the intended publicity is in accordance with the law and shar‘, there is no objection to it and there is no harm in accepting the present in return for making the publicity. Of course, in office environments the related rules should be observed if any.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Presents and Gifts