Third: The definitive texts of Islamic law concur that all transactions must remain free of whatever leads to the unlawful or is tainted by it—such as fraud, deception, misrepresentation, exploitation, disguising the true amount of profit, and hoarding—practices that harm both the public and private individuals.

Fourth: The governing authority is not to intervene by fixing prices unless he detects a clear distortion in the market and its prices caused by artificial factors. If such distortion exists, the authority may intervene, employing whatever fair and practicable measures will eliminate those factors and the causes of soaring prices and excessive injustice. And Allah knows best.