Returning the deposit after the buyer’s delay
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: A person wanted to buy some scrap from me and gave me a deposit on the condition that he would take these items after a week, but he delayed for more than a month. His question is: Do I return the deposit to him, given that I have withdrawn from this sale?
Answer:
No. If the offer and acceptance took place and he gave you the deposit, the sale became binding. The sale is binding if you separated and neither of you annulled the sale; then the sale is obligatory. The goods are his, and the price is yours. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: A person wanted to buy some scrap from me and gave me a deposit on the condition that he would take these items after a week, but he delayed for more than a month. His question is: Do I return the deposit to him, given that I have withdrawn from this sale?
Answer:
No. If the offer and acceptance took place and he gave you the deposit, the sale became binding. The sale is binding if you separated and neither of you annulled the sale; then the sale is obligatory. The goods are his, and the price is yours. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل فمن المحبة النافعة : محبة الزوجة وما ملكت يمين الرجل — islamhouse.com (1:06:37)
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