The Ruling on the Down Payment in the Sale of a Car

Question:
Regarding contracts. Hmm? Contracts specifically at the showroom. He wants to negotiate the purchase of the car. He takes it out and drives it out of the showroom. And if he returns the car.

Answer:
The down payment is permissible according to the school of thought; it is permissible according to Imam Ahmad. The interests of the people necessitate this, and the Companions acted upon it. So, if he sells it with a down payment and then the buyer withdraws, the down payment belongs to the seller in compensation for holding the goods and preventing their sale during that period. 'Umar ibn al-Khattab sold with a down payment, and this is well known. Yes, the interests of the people necessitate this.
Even if it is small, because perhaps customers come, and you have held the goods and reserved them for them, and after the customers have passed, you say, "I have withdrawn." This causes harm to the owner of the goods. Justice is required in this. That is, you hold the seller's goods, and then you make it easy for yourself and cause him to lose the customers, saying, "You have nothing." Correct. If the seller sells to another person, he does not want to sell unless the owner of the goods withdraws. The second contract is open. Yes, there is no doubt; it is not permissible for him to sell it unless the owner of the goods withdraws. Yes.