Selling and transferring distinguished mobile phone numbers
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The questioner:
Mobile phone numbers? The distinguished ones. Is it permissible to sell them, even though the owner does not own them, but they belong to the telecommunications company?
The Shaykh:
No, it is not permissible to sell them. They are not his property; he is merely renting them. They belong to the telecommunications company, and the lessee does not dispose of the leased item.
The questioner:
And is it permissible for him to transfer them for a sum of money, like transferring a plot of land, for example, to be measured by that?
The Shaykh:
That depends on the telecommunications company. If they allow this transfer, there is no harm. But if they do not allow it, then it is not permissible. Yes.
Mobile phone numbers? The distinguished ones. Is it permissible to sell them, even though the owner does not own them, but they belong to the telecommunications company?
The Shaykh:
No, it is not permissible to sell them. They are not his property; he is merely renting them. They belong to the telecommunications company, and the lessee does not dispose of the leased item.
The questioner:
And is it permissible for him to transfer them for a sum of money, like transferring a plot of land, for example, to be measured by that?
The Shaykh:
That depends on the telecommunications company. If they allow this transfer, there is no harm. But if they do not allow it, then it is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/127 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:15:22)
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