The ruling on accepting a gift from a customer when selling a car
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Question:
Salih, may Allah preserve you. The second and final question is from our brother Rami al-Rahimi from Tunisia. He says: A person works in a showroom for buying and selling cars. Sometimes, when selling a car to a customer, and without any prior agreement, the customer gives me a sum of money and says to me, “This is a gift from me to you.” What is the ruling on this money, given that I did not cause any harm to the showroom and I did not ask him for this money? Should I accept the gift, or is it forbidden?
Answer:
This is not a gift; rather, the intention behind it is to make the matter easier for him. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh
Salih, may Allah preserve you. The second and final question is from our brother Rami al-Rahimi from Tunisia. He says: A person works in a showroom for buying and selling cars. Sometimes, when selling a car to a customer, and without any prior agreement, the customer gives me a sum of money and says to me, “This is a gift from me to you.” What is the ruling on this money, given that I did not cause any harm to the showroom and I did not ask him for this money? Should I accept the gift, or is it forbidden?
Answer:
This is not a gift; rather, the intention behind it is to make the matter easier for him. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7488 — youtube.com (2:41)
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