Taking a fee for a commercial registration from one who obtained it through lease
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The first question of Fatwa No. ( 5846 )
Q1: Currently, in the Gulf states, and in Bahrain in particular, it happens that local residents obtain a commercial registration from the commercial registry, which allows them to engage in trade. However, the issue arises when the owner of the commercial registration leases the registration itself to others whom they bring in from India, knowing that the state does not permit the owner of the registration to lease it to others, but rather only the owner of the registration may benefit from it. So, the result is: Is it permissible to take a lease fee for a commercial registration, which is not an item that the lessee can benefit from like real estate, agricultural land, a car, or a cart?
A1: It is not permissible to take a fee for a commercial registration from one who uses it through lease; because the state has prohibited it, and the state prohibited it for the sake of the public benefit and the prevention of harm that result from the prohibition.
Q1: Currently, in the Gulf states, and in Bahrain in particular, it happens that local residents obtain a commercial registration from the commercial registry, which allows them to engage in trade. However, the issue arises when the owner of the commercial registration leases the registration itself to others whom they bring in from India, knowing that the state does not permit the owner of the registration to lease it to others, but rather only the owner of the registration may benefit from it. So, the result is: Is it permissible to take a lease fee for a commercial registration, which is not an item that the lessee can benefit from like real estate, agricultural land, a car, or a cart?
A1: It is not permissible to take a fee for a commercial registration from one who uses it through lease; because the state has prohibited it, and the state prohibited it for the sake of the public benefit and the prevention of harm that result from the prohibition.
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