Leasing apartments under a long-term contract
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner from outside this country says: In our country, apartments are leased under a long-term contract for sixty years, by mutual agreement between the two parties. Is such a contract valid?
Answer:
Yes, what they call *sibrat* or *hikrat* is permissible. Leasing is permissible for a short period or a long period; there is no harm in it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner from outside this country says: In our country, apartments are leased under a long-term contract for sixty years, by mutual agreement between the two parties. Is such a contract valid?
Answer:
Yes, what they call *sibrat* or *hikrat* is permissible. Leasing is permissible for a short period or a long period; there is no harm in it. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 18-07-1438هـ — af.org.sa (1:02:14)
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