The Ruling on Leasing with an Option to Purchase Cars
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on leasing with an option to purchase cars?
Answer:
This is invalid. This is an invalid contract. The Committee of Senior Scholars issued a decision years ago declaring it invalid, because it is neither a lease nor a sale; it is ambiguous between the two, and the matter is unknown. One does not know about the car or its condition, so it is a sale of an unknown item. One does not know whether anything will remain in the car or not. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on leasing with an option to purchase cars?
Answer:
This is invalid. This is an invalid contract. The Committee of Senior Scholars issued a decision years ago declaring it invalid, because it is neither a lease nor a sale; it is ambiguous between the two, and the matter is unknown. One does not know about the car or its condition, so it is a sale of an unknown item. One does not know whether anything will remain in the car or not. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب ما جاء في السحر — islamhouse.com (46:57)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.