Is it permissible to contract with car transport companies that take an advance payment without specifying a particular time?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. The Honorable Shaykh says: There are some companies that work on transporting cars when they break down. They come and take an advance payment for transporting the car if it breaks down, and they say that this purchase is to help others with the amount he subscribed to until that amount is exhausted. The question is: What is the ruling on contracting with these companies?
Answer:
Contracting for an advance when he has not received a property and cannot track it is not permissible, because it is a contract on an unknown matter; he may not receive a property, and nothing may be tracked for him. It is not permissible to take a benefit from it. However, if the car breaks down in a specific place, this is a fee. If it breaks down in a specific place, he may contract with the company or with his brother to transport it for a specific fee, and the distance must also be specific and not unknown. This is a fee that has the conditions of a fee. Yes. May Allah reward you. The Honorable Shaykh says: Whether he pays the fee in advance or pays it after he receives his car in the place he wants, the matter is broad in this.
May Allah reward you. The Honorable Shaykh says: There are some companies that work on transporting cars when they break down. They come and take an advance payment for transporting the car if it breaks down, and they say that this purchase is to help others with the amount he subscribed to until that amount is exhausted. The question is: What is the ruling on contracting with these companies?
Answer:
Contracting for an advance when he has not received a property and cannot track it is not permissible, because it is a contract on an unknown matter; he may not receive a property, and nothing may be tracked for him. It is not permissible to take a benefit from it. However, if the car breaks down in a specific place, this is a fee. If it breaks down in a specific place, he may contract with the company or with his brother to transport it for a specific fee, and the distance must also be specific and not unknown. This is a fee that has the conditions of a fee. Yes. May Allah reward you. The Honorable Shaykh says: Whether he pays the fee in advance or pays it after he receives his car in the place he wants, the matter is broad in this.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز التعاقد مع شركات نقل السيارات التي تأخذ مقدمًا من المال دون اشتراط بوقت معين؟ — youtube.com
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