Meal cards for a specific day at the restaurant
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In one of the universities, there is a restaurant that sells us cards for a meal for the coming week. The day is specified on the card, for example, breakfast on Tuesday, for the amount of one riyal. If you miss the breakfast, the card becomes invalid, even though you can buy the breakfast on the same day, but for four riyals. What is your opinion on this?
The Shaykh:
If the cost of the daily breakfasts is paid in one lump sum, and then they are taken one day at a time, this is as previously mentioned regarding something taken each day. However, the condition is that the capital is paid in full at the time of the contract. It is not permissible for it to be canceled if it is missed and lost; this is not permissible. This is consuming wealth unjustly. How can your right be lost? Yes.
The presenter:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In a matter.
The Shaykh:
They give you a compensation; it is not lost, and they do not consume your capital without right. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In one of the universities, there is a restaurant that sells us cards for a meal for the coming week. The day is specified on the card, for example, breakfast on Tuesday, for the amount of one riyal. If you miss the breakfast, the card becomes invalid, even though you can buy the breakfast on the same day, but for four riyals. What is your opinion on this?
The Shaykh:
If the cost of the daily breakfasts is paid in one lump sum, and then they are taken one day at a time, this is as previously mentioned regarding something taken each day. However, the condition is that the capital is paid in full at the time of the contract. It is not permissible for it to be canceled if it is missed and lost; this is not permissible. This is consuming wealth unjustly. How can your right be lost? Yes.
The presenter:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In a matter.
The Shaykh:
They give you a compensation; it is not lost, and they do not consume your capital without right. Yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 053-السلم والرهن والقرض - 9-8-23 هـ — archive.org (1:21:16)
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