Buying land in a planned area with knowledge of upcoming government projects
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Is it permissible in the Shari'ah to buy land in a planned area from its owners if we know that government projects will be implemented in this area that will raise its value, without the land owners knowing that projects will be built there? Does this count as deception of the seller?
Answer:
Yes. It is necessary that it be made clear to the sellers that the land has a future and that we are selling it to you for what it is worth. For what it is worth. They do not deceive them and take it, and then it turns out that they were concealing from them the future they had heard about. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Is it permissible in the Shari'ah to buy land in a planned area from its owners if we know that government projects will be implemented in this area that will raise its value, without the land owners knowing that projects will be built there? Does this count as deception of the seller?
Answer:
Yes. It is necessary that it be made clear to the sellers that the land has a future and that we are selling it to you for what it is worth. For what it is worth. They do not deceive them and take it, and then it turns out that they were concealing from them the future they had heard about. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب تعاهد الماقين وغيرهما من غضون الوجه — islamhouse.com (1:03:29)
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