The ruling on purchasing prepaid mobile phone cards if the balance is not used within a certain period and is then deducted: what is the ruling on buying them?

The questioner:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: A prepaid mobile phone card, if it is not used within the prescribed period, the remaining balance is lost on me. Is it permissible for me to buy such cards and use them? By Allah, there is a problem with this, meaning that the money is wasted and gone.

The Shaykh:
And you are the one who bought it, and it is wasted on you, and they set a limit for you to use it. If you buy something, you use it whenever you want until it is exhausted and consumed, without its consumption being limited to a specific period, after which it is cancelled on you. This is consuming wealth in vain. Yes.

The questioner:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: I am a car dealer, but...

The Shaykh:
If you had rented something for a specific period and the period passed without you using it, that is a lease, not a sale, because you bought the period and you are the one who left it unused. But this is a sale, not a lease. And if you buy something, you use it until it is exhausted and consumed, not limited to a period; if you use it within that time, fine, otherwise it is cancelled on you. Yes.