The Rule of the Deposit in Sales and Purchases

Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, this questioner has a place and a shop for selling real estate. What is the criterion for the earnest money that the real estate agent takes, and if the sale is not completed, how is the earnest money returned?

Answer:
Yes, mediation in buying and selling, and brokerage, this is called brokerage, so this is a permissible matter, there is nothing wrong with it. And taking the earnest money, taking the earnest money is also permissible according to the correct opinion, that if he sells the item and he has the option, he has the option, the option by condition, then the earnest money is taken from him in order to confirm the sale and prevent him from forgetting it, so the earnest money is taken, and it is part of the price, the earnest money from the price is part of the price, and it belongs to the seller, not the buyer, it belongs to the seller, and the buyer has the brokerage fee, the brokerage fee is what is given to the broker by the seller or the buyer in sales contracts, yes.