Selling a car without disclosing its defects and its relation to the oath of perjury
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Question:
This is a question that reached us at the University of Knowledge. It says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, we love you for the sake of Allah. A man wanted to sell his car and did not clarify to the buyer what defects it had, because the seller himself did not know what defects were in the car, as it is old. He gave him the market price that the appraiser gave him, and the car does not deserve that price. Does this fall under the oath of perjury? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
If he swore, then it falls under it. But if he did not swear, and merely sold it with defects he did not know about and did not conceal, then the sale is valid. However, if a defect is revealed, the buyer has the choice between keeping it and taking compensation for the deficiency, or returning it and taking the price. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
This is a question that reached us at the University of Knowledge. It says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, we love you for the sake of Allah. A man wanted to sell his car and did not clarify to the buyer what defects it had, because the seller himself did not know what defects were in the car, as it is old. He gave him the market price that the appraiser gave him, and the car does not deserve that price. Does this fall under the oath of perjury? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
If he swore, then it falls under it. But if he did not swear, and merely sold it with defects he did not know about and did not conceal, then the sale is valid. However, if a defect is revealed, the buyer has the choice between keeping it and taking compensation for the deficiency, or returning it and taking the price. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
شرح كتاب الكبائر للإمام محمد بن عبد الوهاب، بداية من باب تكثير السواد في الفتن — islamhouse.com (1:13:58)
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