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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Renting shops to expatriate workers for a monthly percentage

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: I work in the fish business, and I have workers, but they manipulate my trade, and I end up losing money in this situation. So I made it a condition that I rent them the shops for a percentage that is paid to me every month, so that they would stop manipulating things. Is this permissible?

Answer:
This is prohibited. Fatwas have been issued regarding it, and there is a regulation that prohibits renting shops to expatriates in the name of a national. As for
Source شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب الشهادات — islamhouse.com (56:51)

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