The claim against the contractor for delay in delivering the house
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Question:
A questioner says: I am building a house, and I wrote in the contract with the contractor that he would deliver the house in a skeleton state within two months, and for every week of delay, five hundred riyals would be deducted from him. Now the time has passed, so is it permissible for me, according to the Shari'ah, to deduct from him as agreed in the contract?
Answer:
This is a dispute, so you must return to the judge. Yes.
A questioner says: I am building a house, and I wrote in the contract with the contractor that he would deliver the house in a skeleton state within two months, and for every week of delay, five hundred riyals would be deducted from him. Now the time has passed, so is it permissible for me, according to the Shari'ah, to deduct from him as agreed in the contract?
Answer:
This is a dispute, so you must return to the judge. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 17-01-1439هـ — af.org.sa (46:22)
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