What is the ruling if a person appoints me as his agent to sell a commodity and says to me: "Sell it for one hundred, for example." Then I sold it for one hundred and ten, and I took the ten. Is this permissible?
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The questioner : He says:The questioner : Noble Shaykh, what is the ruling if a person appoints me as his agent to sell a commodity.
The Shaykh : To?
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The Shaykh : To, to, I say: Repeat.
The questioner : What is the ruling if a person appoints me as his agent to sell a commodity, and says to me: "Sell it for one hundred, for example," then I sold it for one hundred and ten, and I took the ten. Is this permissible?
The Shaykh : This is not permissible. That is to say, if the principal says to you: "Take this, sell it for ten," and then you sold it to him, yes, sell it for one hundred. If the man says to you: "Sell this for one hundred," and you sold it for one hundred and ten, the ten belongs to the one who appointed you, not to you. Unless he says: "Take this, sell it for one hundred, and whatever is more is yours." In that case, there is no harm in selling it for one hundred, and the increase is yours. But on the condition that the one who appointed you knows the price of this commodity. Because it may be that the one who appointed you is ignorant of prices and thinks that his commodity does not exceed one hundred, so he says: "Sell it for one hundred, and whatever is more is yours." In this case, you must say: "My brother, the commodity is worth more, it is worth two hundred." Because if you did not do so, you would be deceiving him. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 13.
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Did you understand, everyone? If the one who appointed you says: "Take this commodity for one hundred," and you sold it for one hundred and twenty, to whom does the twenty belong? To whom? To the owner of the commodity who appointed you. But if he says: "Take it, sell it for one hundred, and whatever is more is yours," and you sold it for one hundred and twenty, to whom does the twenty belong? To the agent, to the agent. Unless the owner of the commodity does not know the prices and thinks that it does not exceed one hundred. In this case, you must say: "The commodity is worth more than one hundred," so that he is fully aware. Yes.
The Shaykh : To?
The questioner : ... ؟
The Shaykh : To, to, I say: Repeat.
The questioner : What is the ruling if a person appoints me as his agent to sell a commodity, and says to me: "Sell it for one hundred, for example," then I sold it for one hundred and ten, and I took the ten. Is this permissible?
The Shaykh : This is not permissible. That is to say, if the principal says to you: "Take this, sell it for ten," and then you sold it to him, yes, sell it for one hundred. If the man says to you: "Sell this for one hundred," and you sold it for one hundred and ten, the ten belongs to the one who appointed you, not to you. Unless he says: "Take this, sell it for one hundred, and whatever is more is yours." In that case, there is no harm in selling it for one hundred, and the increase is yours. But on the condition that the one who appointed you knows the price of this commodity. Because it may be that the one who appointed you is ignorant of prices and thinks that his commodity does not exceed one hundred, so he says: "Sell it for one hundred, and whatever is more is yours." In this case, you must say: "My brother, the commodity is worth more, it is worth two hundred." Because if you did not do so, you would be deceiving him. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
None of you will have faith till he wishes for his (Muslim) brother what he likes for himself.
لا يؤمن أحدكم حتى يحب لأخيه ما يحب لنفسهLook, the boys, oh ... .
Did you understand, everyone? If the one who appointed you says: "Take this commodity for one hundred," and you sold it for one hundred and twenty, to whom does the twenty belong? To whom? To the owner of the commodity who appointed you. But if he says: "Take it, sell it for one hundred, and whatever is more is yours," and you sold it for one hundred and twenty, to whom does the twenty belong? To the agent, to the agent. Unless the owner of the commodity does not know the prices and thinks that it does not exceed one hundred. In this case, you must say: "The commodity is worth more than one hundred," so that he is fully aware. Yes.