Purchasing goods in sealed boxes of unknown contents
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: I buy goods in sealed boxes, and I know that inside these boxes there are used clothes, but I do not turn them over before buying them. Is this transaction valid and is this purchase permissible?
The Shaykh:
What happened?
The questioner:
I buy goods in sealed boxes, and I know that inside them there are used clothes, but I do not turn them over,
The Shaykh:
It is not valid to buy something unknown. You must open the boxes and look at the clothes inside and sort them out so that you are certain of what you are buying. You must not buy something you do not know what is inside. The price must be known and the item being sold must be known. Yes, this is among the conditions for the validity of a sale. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: I buy goods in sealed boxes, and I know that inside these boxes there are used clothes, but I do not turn them over before buying them. Is this transaction valid and is this purchase permissible?
The Shaykh:
What happened?
The questioner:
I buy goods in sealed boxes, and I know that inside them there are used clothes, but I do not turn them over,
The Shaykh:
It is not valid to buy something unknown. You must open the boxes and look at the clothes inside and sort them out so that you are certain of what you are buying. You must not buy something you do not know what is inside. The price must be known and the item being sold must be known. Yes, this is among the conditions for the validity of a sale. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل وأما المقام الثاني الذي وقع فيه الغلط — islamhouse.com (50:59)
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