The Ruling on Buying from an Auction with the Condition of No Inspection
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Question:
Is it permissible to buy from a public auction a group of cars or used devices, provided that the seller conditions that there be no inspection or verification of the safety of the goods?
Answer:
Meaning, this is not permissible. If they condition that they buy them, this is negligence if he knows the defects in them. If he knows that there are defects in them and denies them to them, saying, "The condition is that you do not inspect them," while he knows that there are defects in them, this is not permissible, because it is deception, because it is concealing the defects. But if he does not know that there are defects in them and says, "I am selling them to you as they are," this is fine, because he does not know of defects in them and is not concealing them; he is not concealing anything from them, he is selling them something they can see and observe.
Is it permissible to buy from a public auction a group of cars or used devices, provided that the seller conditions that there be no inspection or verification of the safety of the goods?
Answer:
Meaning, this is not permissible. If they condition that they buy them, this is negligence if he knows the defects in them. If he knows that there are defects in them and denies them to them, saying, "The condition is that you do not inspect them," while he knows that there are defects in them, this is not permissible, because it is deception, because it is concealing the defects. But if he does not know that there are defects in them and says, "I am selling them to you as they are," this is fine, because he does not know of defects in them and is not concealing them; he is not concealing anything from them, he is selling them something they can see and observe.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/65 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:14:21)
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