The Ruling on Using a Car Under a Hire-Purchase Contract
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: I inform you that I do not own a car, and my father bought me a car under a lease-to-own system. I have refused to take it for about eight months, so he gave it to my brother. Now my brother is traveling for studies, and the car is sitting in front of the house. Is it permissible for me to use it in this situation?
Answer:
This contract is not valid. Lease-to-own is not valid. So this car was taken under an invalid contract, and it is not permissible for you to use it. Rely on Allah and try to obtain a car by any means, whether by debt or by renting. You can rent a car for a known period and use it. As for obtaining a car through this contract, this car is not permissible to use because of this contract which the scholars have ruled to be invalid.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: I inform you that I do not own a car, and my father bought me a car under a lease-to-own system. I have refused to take it for about eight months, so he gave it to my brother. Now my brother is traveling for studies, and the car is sitting in front of the house. Is it permissible for me to use it in this situation?
Answer:
This contract is not valid. Lease-to-own is not valid. So this car was taken under an invalid contract, and it is not permissible for you to use it. Rely on Allah and try to obtain a car by any means, whether by debt or by renting. You can rent a car for a known period and use it. As for obtaining a car through this contract, this car is not permissible to use because of this contract which the scholars have ruled to be invalid.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 31 — archive.org (19:02)
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