The ruling on selling a car before taking possession of it
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Question:
The questioner says: A man bought a car and wants to sell it on credit. What is the criterion for his ownership of the car? Is it paying the price, taking possession of the car, or obtaining the license plates and registration? It is known that if he obtains the plates, the value of the car decreases.
Answer:
Yes, you must not sell the car or anything else until you have taken full possession of it by transferring it from the seller’s place to your place. If it cannot be transferred except through the procedures you mentioned, then the procedures are necessary, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade selling goods where they were bought until the merchants take them to their homes.
As for if you leave it at the seller’s place and do not obtain the plates or anything else, and you are content with just paying the price, then you have not taken full possession of it. You bought it, but you did not take it.
Selling and disposing of it are tied to taking possession. So do not sell the car or anything else until you have taken full possession of it, and then you may sell it. Yes.
The questioner says: A man bought a car and wants to sell it on credit. What is the criterion for his ownership of the car? Is it paying the price, taking possession of the car, or obtaining the license plates and registration? It is known that if he obtains the plates, the value of the car decreases.
Answer:
Yes, you must not sell the car or anything else until you have taken full possession of it by transferring it from the seller’s place to your place. If it cannot be transferred except through the procedures you mentioned, then the procedures are necessary, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade selling goods where they were bought until the merchants take them to their homes.
As for if you leave it at the seller’s place and do not obtain the plates or anything else, and you are content with just paying the price, then you have not taken full possession of it. You bought it, but you did not take it.
Selling and disposing of it are tied to taking possession. So do not sell the car or anything else until you have taken full possession of it, and then you may sell it. Yes.
Source
الفوزان - لقاء مفتوح - الجديد في الإرهاب — archive.org (56:11)
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