The ruling on partners agreeing to obligate the one among them who made the error to pay the accountant's fee
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner, Abu 'Abdullah, says: We are partners, Shaykh, in a commercial establishment, and an error occurred in the accounts. We agreed to bring in an accountant to identify the discrepancy, and the one who made the error would be responsible for the accountant's fee. Is this valid?
Answer:
Yes, if the one who made the error was negligent, if he was negligent, then he is responsible for the accountant's fee. But if he was not negligent, then he is not obligated to pay it; he is not obligated to pay the accountant's fee because he was not negligent. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This questioner, Abu 'Abdullah, says: We are partners, Shaykh, in a commercial establishment, and an error occurred in the accounts. We agreed to bring in an accountant to identify the discrepancy, and the one who made the error would be responsible for the accountant's fee. Is this valid?
Answer:
Yes, if the one who made the error was negligent, if he was negligent, then he is responsible for the accountant's fee. But if he was not negligent, then he is not obligated to pay it; he is not obligated to pay the accountant's fee because he was not negligent. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2393 - حكم اتفاق الشركاء على إلزام صاحب الخطأ منهم بدفع أجرة المحاسب - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.