TikTok Application: Sharia Status and Rule of Financial Transactions

Abstract

Idea of research: is to state Sharia provision of use of TikTok Application and Sharia provision regarding the financial transactions related thereto.  Importance of the research lies in informing the Muslim with Sharia provision of use of TikTok Application and provision of its relevant financial transactions. Problem of the research is represented in Sharia provision and rules of use of TikTok Application and Sharia provision regarding the financial transactions related thereto whether by using it for promotion of the goods, obtaining the points and replacing them, Sharia provision regarding purchase of the virtual currencies and gifts in the application as well as Sharia provision regarding spending and earning money through the live challenges.  The researcher used the inductive analytical approach in the research. Among the most important results concluded by the researcher is permissibility to use TikTok Application provided that to abide by Sharia rules and provisions and it is prohibited to follow the content creators who publish content violating Sharia as well as the content creators may be financially supported if the content is free from the sharia prohibitions, otherwise it will be prohibited. TikTok Application may take brokerage fee provided that the content shall be in accordance with Sharia provisions and rules. In case of adherence to the Sharia provisions and rules, the following may be done: the content creator may promote the goods and obtain points and replace them, purchase of the virtual currencies and gifts which may be grants to the content creator. Finally, the content creator may not earn money through live challenges. The researcher finds that Muslim must earn legal profit.