The ruling on an agent’s actions without his principal’s permission, knowing that the principal will ratify them

The questioner : Yes. If the agent wants to act without being given permission to do so, but he knows that if he acts and then goes back to the principal, the principal will give him permission.

The Shaykh : There is no harm, if there is a benefit, there is no harm. Like the man whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) appointed as an agent to buy a sheep and a sacrifice for one dinar, so he bought two and sold one for one dinar,

The questioner : meaning he did currency exchange. Yes.

The Shaykh : himself. Yes.