The Rule of the Deposit in Sales and Purchases
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Question:
He asks about the deposit in sales and purchases: what is its rule, and to whom is it given?
Answer:
The deposit is part of the price. If you buy a commodity with the option to return it, you buy a commodity and you have the option for a specified period, either to proceed with the purchase or to return it. The seller says to you, "Give me a deposit," meaning to secure your commitment. So you give him a deposit that is part of the price. If you decide to keep the commodity, you complete the price for him. If you do not decide to keep it and leave it, the deposit belongs to its owner, the owner of the commodity, as compensation for having held it for you and lost customers. So the deposit belongs to the owner of the commodity if the buyer renounces it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
He asks about the deposit in sales and purchases: what is its rule, and to whom is it given?
Answer:
The deposit is part of the price. If you buy a commodity with the option to return it, you buy a commodity and you have the option for a specified period, either to proceed with the purchase or to return it. The seller says to you, "Give me a deposit," meaning to secure your commitment. So you give him a deposit that is part of the price. If you decide to keep the commodity, you complete the price for him. If you do not decide to keep it and leave it, the deposit belongs to its owner, the owner of the commodity, as compensation for having held it for you and lost customers. So the deposit belongs to the owner of the commodity if the buyer renounces it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/249 — archive.org (13:43)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.