The Ruling on Returning Unripe Fruit After Purchase
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: I bought a watermelon from the market, then went home and cut it open, and found it white and unripe. So I returned it to the shop owner, and he said, “This matter is not returned. I am like you; I bought it this way, and I do not know what is inside it.” He asks: What is the legal ruling in such cases?
Answer:
Just as the shop owner told you, yes. You bought it, and it became your property. The shop owner did not know; if he had known and lied to you, yes, but he did not know, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: I bought a watermelon from the market, then went home and cut it open, and found it white and unripe. So I returned it to the shop owner, and he said, “This matter is not returned. I am like you; I bought it this way, and I do not know what is inside it.” He asks: What is the legal ruling in such cases?
Answer:
Just as the shop owner told you, yes. You bought it, and it became your property. The shop owner did not know; if he had known and lied to you, yes, but he did not know, yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 18-07-1438هـ — alfawzan.live (1:04:13)
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