The ruling on an agent selling to the principal from his own stock
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Question:
This questioner says: A questioner says: If someone asks me to buy clothes for him, and I then sell them to him for more than their original price, knowing that I tell him the price of these clothes, whether he accepts or not, and I do not force him to buy them, but he does not know the original price. Sometimes I offer him the price by phone before buying them. What is the ruling on this sale?
Answer:
If you are appointed as an agent to buy something for him, do not sell it to him from your own stock, because you are an agent. An agent does not sell to the principal from his own money, nor from what he does not accept testimony from, because this involves accusation and favoritism. However, if you inform him that you have the requested item and its price is such-and-such, and you are transparent with him, leaving no room for ignorance or excessive uncertainty (gharar), and he agrees to it, then there is no harm. This is because he is the one who bought it from you, and you did not sell it. You did not sell it by virtue of the agency, but by virtue of your own ownership. He is the one who bought this item from you, provided you informed him and made him aware of everything and he was satisfied with it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
This questioner says: A questioner says: If someone asks me to buy clothes for him, and I then sell them to him for more than their original price, knowing that I tell him the price of these clothes, whether he accepts or not, and I do not force him to buy them, but he does not know the original price. Sometimes I offer him the price by phone before buying them. What is the ruling on this sale?
Answer:
If you are appointed as an agent to buy something for him, do not sell it to him from your own stock, because you are an agent. An agent does not sell to the principal from his own money, nor from what he does not accept testimony from, because this involves accusation and favoritism. However, if you inform him that you have the requested item and its price is such-and-such, and you are transparent with him, leaving no room for ignorance or excessive uncertainty (gharar), and he agrees to it, then there is no harm. This is because he is the one who bought it from you, and you did not sell it. You did not sell it by virtue of the agency, but by virtue of your own ownership. He is the one who bought this item from you, provided you informed him and made him aware of everything and he was satisfied with it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/215 — archive.org (9:39)
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