The ruling on renting out a shop to workers in exchange for a sum taken by the tenant
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the ruling on one who rents a shop, for example to sell vegetables, then brings in workers and leaves the shop to them on the condition that he takes five thousand riyals from them?
Answer:
This contradicts the state regulations. The state has prohibited this. It is not permissible for it to be in his name while it belongs to the workers, who give him a sum. This is not permissible. Yes, they call this *tastur* (concealment). It is not permissible. This is a sin against the one in authority. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the ruling on one who rents a shop, for example to sell vegetables, then brings in workers and leaves the shop to them on the condition that he takes five thousand riyals from them?
Answer:
This contradicts the state regulations. The state has prohibited this. It is not permissible for it to be in his name while it belongs to the workers, who give him a sum. This is not permissible. Yes, they call this *tastur* (concealment). It is not permissible. This is a sin against the one in authority. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب حكم من لم يحسن فرض القراءة — islamhouse.com (1:09:13)
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