Is a son liable if he trades with his father's money without his permission and loses the capital?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. My father is old and has been afflicted with dementia. One of my brothers has some of my father's money with him, and he traded with it in stocks, and most of the money was lost. So is he liable? Knowing that my father did not appoint him as his agent at all.
Answer:
Yes, he is liable if what the father did not appoint him to do while he was in his right mind and sanity, and he did not appoint him, and he acted with the money and was negligent with it, he is liable. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. My father is old and has been afflicted with dementia. One of my brothers has some of my father's money with him, and he traded with it in stocks, and most of the money was lost. So is he liable? Knowing that my father did not appoint him as his agent at all.
Answer:
Yes, he is liable if what the father did not appoint him to do while he was in his right mind and sanity, and he did not appoint him, and he acted with the money and was negligent with it, he is liable. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1372 -2802] هل يضمن الولد إذا تاجر في مال أبيه دون إذنه، وخسر رأس المال؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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