What is the ruling on buying a car and selling it over the phone without taking possession of it?

Question:
May Allah reward you. The Honorable Shaykh says: What is the ruling if I buy a car from a person over the phone, then appoint him as my agent to take possession of it, and then appoint him to sell it and send the money, all of this over the phone?

Answer:
This is not permissible. You must take possession of it yourself, or your agent must take it from the seller. As for appointing the seller to take possession of it from himself, this is not permissible. Either you take possession of it yourself completely and move it from his place to another place, or you appoint someone other than the seller to take possession of it or move it from the seller's place, and then he sells it. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade selling goods where they are bought until the merchants take them to their homes. This is to remove it from the seller so that the seller's connection to it is cut off, and it enters the disposal of the buyer or his agent. What is the reason for this haste? What is the cause of this haste? There is no cause for it. Transactions must follow their proper legal course.