The real estate office paying the down payment to the bank to purchase a house
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: I want to buy a house through the bank, but the bank requires a down payment of thirty percent. The real estate office told me, “We will pay it for you, and the purchase will be made through our office, so that we may take the commission.”
Answer:
This is not permissible. This is not permissible; it is fraud. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: I want to buy a house through the bank, but the bank requires a down payment of thirty percent. The real estate office told me, “We will pay it for you, and the purchase will be made through our office, so that we may take the commission.”
Answer:
This is not permissible. This is not permissible; it is fraud. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، بداية من : الوجه الثامن : أن النبي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - قال : إنما الأعمال بالنيات وإنما لكل امرىء ما نوى — islamhouse.com (52:01)
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