Is it obligatory to pay the gift if the one giving the news conditions its type?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We have a custom where the one giving the news, when he gives news to a person, conditions the type of gift he will be given.
Answer:
No, the one giving the news does not condition anything; he takes what is given to him. This depends on the ease or difficulty of the one giving the news, depending on his generosity and his means. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We have a custom where the one giving the news, when he gives news to a person, conditions the type of gift he will be given.
Answer:
No, the one giving the news does not condition anything; he takes what is given to him. This depends on the ease or difficulty of the one giving the news, depending on his generosity and his means. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/3227] هل يلزمُ دفعُ البِشارةِ إذا اشترطَ المُبشِّرُ نوعَها؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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