What is the ruling on taking on the responsibility for orchards before the fruit ripens?
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The questioner : Finally, if Allah wills, this is the issue. Perhaps you have heard of taking on the responsibility of orchards, for example. Let us clarify the picture. One person says, for example, regarding grapes, the bunches of grapes, meaning the contract is made now.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : I would like to take on the responsibility for an orchard such that I take this orchard in its current state. You see, the clusters have begun to form small, tight buds, let us say today, and on the basis that I monitor them and, I mean, I look after them, considering that at the end of the season I will give him two hundred or three hundred dinars. And of course, it must be according to the share or the person of this man, such that the season turns out well or not well. Is this permissible?
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : I would like to take on the responsibility for an orchard such that I take this orchard in its current state. You see, the clusters have begun to form small, tight buds, let us say today, and on the basis that I monitor them and, I mean, I look after them, considering that at the end of the season I will give him two hundred or three hundred dinars. And of course, it must be according to the share or the person of this man, such that the season turns out well or not well. Is this permissible?
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، رقم 944 في قناة «تسجيلات الإمام الألباني - محمد أبو ليلى الأثري» — youtube.com (57:10)
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