Electrical appliances are sold in the open market, and the buyer does not know whether they work or not
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what happens in the open market is that the item is sold after the buyer has seen it, but he does not know whether it works or not, or whether it is sound or not. Is that permissible? And when the buyer asks the seller to test it, the seller refuses, for example, with electrical appliances?
Answer:
That is not permissible; this is not permissible, because it is a sale of an unknown item and involves gharar (excessive uncertainty in a contract). So he must inspect it and know whether it is sound or not. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what happens in the open market is that the item is sold after the buyer has seen it, but he does not know whether it works or not, or whether it is sound or not. Is that permissible? And when the buyer asks the seller to test it, the seller refuses, for example, with electrical appliances?
Answer:
That is not permissible; this is not permissible, because it is a sale of an unknown item and involves gharar (excessive uncertainty in a contract). So he must inspect it and know whether it is sound or not. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1147 -2802] تباع الأجهزة الكهربائية في الحراج ولا يدري المشتري هل تعمل أو لا تعمل - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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