Accepting Agency for One Who Is Unable to Perform It
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If a person is entrusted with a matter, and he knows that he is unable to do it, is it obligatory for him to clarify that to the one who entrusted him?
The Shaykh:
Yes, he is not required to accept the agency, even if he is able to do so. He is not required to accept the agency. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Agency is a permissible contract. Agency is a binding contract. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If a person is entrusted with a matter, and he knows that he is unable to do it, is it obligatory for him to clarify that to the one who entrusted him?
The Shaykh:
Yes, he is not required to accept the agency, even if he is able to do so. He is not required to accept the agency. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Agency is a permissible contract. Agency is a binding contract. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب الصلح عن دم العمد بأكثر من الدية وأقل — islamhouse.com (1:10:47)
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