The ruling on taking a percentage of money when transferring it outside the country
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Question:
This questioner says: What is the ruling on taking a percentage of money when transferring it outside the country?
Answer:
No fee is taken for a hawalah (transfer of debt). No fee is taken for a hawalah. It is the transfer of money from one person’s liability to another’s. So no fee is taken for it. But if he sends it with a person and pays him a fee for it, there is nothing wrong with that. He carries it. This is the fee for carrying it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
This questioner says: What is the ruling on taking a percentage of money when transferring it outside the country?
Answer:
No fee is taken for a hawalah (transfer of debt). No fee is taken for a hawalah. It is the transfer of money from one person’s liability to another’s. So no fee is taken for it. But if he sends it with a person and pays him a fee for it, there is nothing wrong with that. He carries it. This is the fee for carrying it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب النهي أن يكون النفع والأجر مجهولا، وجواز استئجار الأجير بطعامه وكسوته — islamhouse.com (1:05:02)
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