The Ruling on Witnessing Sales and Agency
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The questioner:
Shaykh Salih. Viewers. Amer is asking. I don’t know about the testimony, may you live long, in the same... Is it obligatory or recommended? I... I used to mention, a few years ago, that when you buy a car, you put it in... We return to... A legal agency with witnesses. Now I don’t hear about them. Does it bring blessing? And the thing that has no witness, I don’t know. I would like you to clarify the matter. May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
My brother, witnessing a sale is recommended, not obligatory. It is recommended, not obligatory. “And take witnesses when you trade with one another” is from the category of recommendation, not obligation. So if you trade with one another and do not take witnesses, the sale is valid, and there is no blame in that, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
Shaykh Salih. Viewers. Amer is asking. I don’t know about the testimony, may you live long, in the same... Is it obligatory or recommended? I... I used to mention, a few years ago, that when you buy a car, you put it in... We return to... A legal agency with witnesses. Now I don’t hear about them. Does it bring blessing? And the thing that has no witness, I don’t know. I would like you to clarify the matter. May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
My brother, witnessing a sale is recommended, not obligatory. It is recommended, not obligatory. “And take witnesses when you trade with one another” is from the category of recommendation, not obligation. So if you trade with one another and do not take witnesses, the sale is valid, and there is no blame in that, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (076) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-01-19] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (27:25)
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