If the owner of a repair shop buys parts from parts stores for a client, is he allowed to increase their price?
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Fatwa number ( 21300 )
Q: I have car maintenance workshops, and I also have a store for selling car spare parts. When a car is brought in for repair at one of these workshops, the situation has two possibilities: 1 - The customer may stipulate that he will bring the spare parts himself from the market, in which case he is only charged for the repair labor. 2 - The customer does not impose this condition, which
means that he leaves the matter of repairing the car to us, including providing the spare parts, where we obtain his approval for the cost - of parts and labor - before starting the repair. Usually, we secure the spare parts from our own parts store, and in some cases, the required part may not be available in that store, so we search for it in the markets and buy it, or buy quantities of it for our parts store, then take out the required part from our store after adding a reasonable profit margin to it in exchange for the costs of the part search process - driver and car - and the special discount rate we enjoy as parts dealers.. etc. After that, we present our invoice to the customer for the spare parts with the profit margin added, and another invoice from the workshop for the agreed fees, giving the customer a comprehensive invoice for the labor and the total value of the spare parts. Do we have any obligation in this case? Knowing that we have placed a sign in each of the workshops we own stating: (The workshop secures the required spare parts from our parts store, and if the spare parts are not available there, they will be secured through the same store, whether from the agencies or from the salvage yards)
A: If the spare parts are available with you, there is no blame on you in selling them at a price similar to their market price to the one who repairs his car with you. And if the spare parts are not available with you and the car owner agrees that you bring them for him from another place, this is a permissible transaction, but you are acting as agents in buying the spare parts, so it is not permissible for you to take from him anything more than what you bought them for; because the agent is entrusted with a trust. If the buyer gives you a portion of the money voluntarily in exchange for your effort, then it is permissible for you to take it in this case. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q: I have car maintenance workshops, and I also have a store for selling car spare parts. When a car is brought in for repair at one of these workshops, the situation has two possibilities: 1 - The customer may stipulate that he will bring the spare parts himself from the market, in which case he is only charged for the repair labor. 2 - The customer does not impose this condition, which
means that he leaves the matter of repairing the car to us, including providing the spare parts, where we obtain his approval for the cost - of parts and labor - before starting the repair. Usually, we secure the spare parts from our own parts store, and in some cases, the required part may not be available in that store, so we search for it in the markets and buy it, or buy quantities of it for our parts store, then take out the required part from our store after adding a reasonable profit margin to it in exchange for the costs of the part search process - driver and car - and the special discount rate we enjoy as parts dealers.. etc. After that, we present our invoice to the customer for the spare parts with the profit margin added, and another invoice from the workshop for the agreed fees, giving the customer a comprehensive invoice for the labor and the total value of the spare parts. Do we have any obligation in this case? Knowing that we have placed a sign in each of the workshops we own stating: (The workshop secures the required spare parts from our parts store, and if the spare parts are not available there, they will be secured through the same store, whether from the agencies or from the salvage yards)
A: If the spare parts are available with you, there is no blame on you in selling them at a price similar to their market price to the one who repairs his car with you. And if the spare parts are not available with you and the car owner agrees that you bring them for him from another place, this is a permissible transaction, but you are acting as agents in buying the spare parts, so it is not permissible for you to take from him anything more than what you bought them for; because the agent is entrusted with a trust. If the buyer gives you a portion of the money voluntarily in exchange for your effort, then it is permissible for you to take it in this case. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
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