The ruling on selling a piece of land granted to a woman who has not seen it
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The questioner:
We begin this session with a letter from Sister Umm Muhammad. She says: I have a piece of land that I have not seen yet, and I know nothing about its location. It is a grant, and it was purchased for twenty thousand. I do not know what it is worth now. Is there zakah on it? In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. Peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
The Shaykh:
This question is vague. Yes. She says it is a grant, and she says it was purchased, unless she means that it was a grant to the seller?
The questioner:
Yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
She bought it from the seller and has not seen it. This is not permissible, because it is a condition for the item being sold that it be known.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
It must be known by sight or by a description that suffices in the cause. If the land has been described in terms of its location and its boundaries, and they have been clarified, that is sufficient in place of seeing it. However, if neither seeing it nor a sufficient description has taken place, then this sale is not permissible, because it is a sale of an unknown item. Also, it must be that the person to whom this land was granted has taken possession of it before the sale, because some people, when their name is put down for a grant, sell something unknown. This is not permissible, and the sale is not valid until the land is specified for him, and he knows its location, its boundaries, and its area, so that the item being sold is known. The brothers must adhere to these matters. Yes.
He must have taken possession of it before the sale, because some people, when their name is put down for a grant, sell something unknown. This is not permissible, and the sale is not valid until the land is specified for him, and he knows its location, its boundaries, and its area, so that the item being sold is known. The brothers must adhere to these matters. Yes.
We begin this session with a letter from Sister Umm Muhammad. She says: I have a piece of land that I have not seen yet, and I know nothing about its location. It is a grant, and it was purchased for twenty thousand. I do not know what it is worth now. Is there zakah on it? In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. Peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
The Shaykh:
This question is vague. Yes. She says it is a grant, and she says it was purchased, unless she means that it was a grant to the seller?
The questioner:
Yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
She bought it from the seller and has not seen it. This is not permissible, because it is a condition for the item being sold that it be known.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
It must be known by sight or by a description that suffices in the cause. If the land has been described in terms of its location and its boundaries, and they have been clarified, that is sufficient in place of seeing it. However, if neither seeing it nor a sufficient description has taken place, then this sale is not permissible, because it is a sale of an unknown item. Also, it must be that the person to whom this land was granted has taken possession of it before the sale, because some people, when their name is put down for a grant, sell something unknown. This is not permissible, and the sale is not valid until the land is specified for him, and he knows its location, its boundaries, and its area, so that the item being sold is known. The brothers must adhere to these matters. Yes.
He must have taken possession of it before the sale, because some people, when their name is put down for a grant, sell something unknown. This is not permissible, and the sale is not valid until the land is specified for him, and he knows its location, its boundaries, and its area, so that the item being sold is known. The brothers must adhere to these matters. Yes.
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