Buying illegal goods and selling them in another country

Question

People bring goods from Bangladesh and sell them in India, which is against the Indian government. What is the ruling on the people of India buying and using those goods?

Answer

Whoever buys any goods becomes their owner and acquires the right over his goods: to use them himself, to give them to someone as a gift (hiba), or to sell them; and then for the one who buys from him it is permissible to use them, because he has become the owner.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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