Disclosing a defect to the buyer when someone other than the seller knows of it
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If I know of a defect in a commodity belonging to another person, is it obligatory for me to disclose it to the buyer if the sale takes place and the buyer does not notice it? Should I say to him, “Look at this defect”?
Answer:
To the seller. I advise the seller. Say: Disclose to the buyer whatever defects it has. I advise the seller. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If I know of a defect in a commodity belonging to another person, is it obligatory for me to disclose it to the buyer if the sale takes place and the buyer does not notice it? Should I say to him, “Look at this defect”?
Answer:
To the seller. I advise the seller. Say: Disclose to the buyer whatever defects it has. I advise the seller. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 18-07-1438هـ — af.org.sa (57:12)
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