The Condition of Benefit in Gifts and Bequests
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The questioner:
The questioner asks: Is it permissible to stipulate benefit in other transactions, such as gifts and bequests, and the like?
The Shaykh:
Stipulate what?
The questioner:
Benefit.
The Shaykh:
If it does not benefit, what do you want with it, and how do you give it away when it is of no use? This is mere nonsense. There must be something that can be benefited from. As for something that cannot be benefited from, you do not give it in charity, you do not give it as a gift, and you do not sell it. It is not permissible to sell it because it has no utility.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
The questioner asks: Is it permissible to stipulate benefit in other transactions, such as gifts and bequests, and the like?
The Shaykh:
Stipulate what?
The questioner:
Benefit.
The Shaykh:
If it does not benefit, what do you want with it, and how do you give it away when it is of no use? This is mere nonsense. There must be something that can be benefited from. As for something that cannot be benefited from, you do not give it in charity, you do not give it as a gift, and you do not sell it. It is not permissible to sell it because it has no utility.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
شرح عمدة الأحكام، باب الرّبا والصّرف - باب الرّهن وغيره — islamhouse.com (1:10:45)
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