e-comerce in islamic perspective

E-comerce is a tool used by many people nowadays becasue it is fast and in some cases cheaper that going to a store and buy something. At first people didnt trust buying anything from somebody they didnt know o putting their credit cards information in a website. But technology has improved to the point that it is safe to use the internet to buy.

In the case of the Islamic culture there is a law called Syariah law that concerned the muslims with the legality of the e-comerce. Another point to take into account is that for their culture contact between the buyer and seller are very important. Inspite of this muslims are allowed to use e-comerce in a controlled way, following 5 rules such as: initiating contact, confirming the calidity, implementation and binding. This rules go according to their religion.