Sharing the ceiling between the floors of a house
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if there is a house with more than one floor, is the person on the first floor required to share the cost with the person on the fifth floor, for example?
Answer:
No, the one directly above him is the partner, and the one above the partner is also a partner. In fact, every two floors are shared between their owners. The sharing is between the owners of the two floors, the tenth with the eleventh, it is between them, and so on. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if there is a house with more than one floor, is the person on the first floor required to share the cost with the person on the fifth floor, for example?
Answer:
No, the one directly above him is the partner, and the one above the partner is also a partner. In fact, every two floors are shared between their owners. The sharing is between the owners of the two floors, the tenth with the eleventh, it is between them, and so on. Yes.
Source
شرح أخصر المختصرات في الفقه، فصل: في أحكام الجوار — islamhouse.com (1:10:58)
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