The ruling on selling what you do not have on installments
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Question:
The question is: If a person wants to buy a car and goes to another person and asks him to buy a car for him that he does not have, and then sell it to him.
Answer:
If he buys it and it becomes his property, he may sell it on installments. If he says to him, “Buy it and sell it to him,” that is not permissible. If he buys it and it becomes his property and he takes possession of it, then he may sell it on installments, but he may not sell it before that. If he takes possession of it and buys it, whether it is land, a car, a house, or anything else, then he may sell it on installments or for cash, after he has taken possession of it, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
The question is: If a person wants to buy a car and goes to another person and asks him to buy a car for him that he does not have, and then sell it to him.
Answer:
If he buys it and it becomes his property, he may sell it on installments. If he says to him, “Buy it and sell it to him,” that is not permissible. If he buys it and it becomes his property and he takes possession of it, then he may sell it on installments, but he may not sell it before that. If he takes possession of it and buys it, whether it is land, a car, a house, or anything else, then he may sell it on installments or for cash, after he has taken possession of it, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
Do not sell what you do not have.
لا ترى ما ليس عندك.
Source
محاضرات عبر الهاتف [ 04 ] الاستقامة على دين الله — islamhouse.com (25:12)
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