What is the ruling on buying and selling houses and lands in Makkah?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the correct view regarding the buying and selling of houses and lands in Makkah?
Answer:
Do you want to drive people out of their homes? The houses of Makkah have been bought and sold since the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and they are still bought and sold. The correct view is that it is permissible to own them, sell them, and buy them. If it were not permissible, Makkah would have become a ruin, with no one living in it. People want houses and shops, so if you prevented ownership there, it would become an abandoned desert. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the correct view regarding the buying and selling of houses and lands in Makkah?
Answer:
Do you want to drive people out of their homes? The houses of Makkah have been bought and sold since the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and they are still bought and sold. The correct view is that it is permissible to own them, sell them, and buy them. If it were not permissible, Makkah would have become a ruin, with no one living in it. People want houses and shops, so if you prevented ownership there, it would become an abandoned desert. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم شراء وبيع البيوت والأراضي بمكة؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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