Is it permissible to sell a car without moving it from where it was first sold?
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The questioner:
I am a man who trades in cars. I buy them from the showroom and move them from one side to another within the same showroom, and then I sell them. This is because the traffic authorities fine anyone who takes a car out of the showroom without transferring ownership. I buy them with a valid purchase and sell them in the same manner. Please give us a ruling on this action, may you be rewarded.
The Shaykh:
If the matter is as you described, there is no harm. If you move it from its place to the edge of the showroom, to the north or south of the showroom, from its place, and hand it over, and complete the purchase procedures, and no one has any right remaining, and it becomes something you possess, you may sell it. If it is possible to take it out of the showroom entirely to another showroom, or to your house, or to your yard, or to the market, that is more complete in terms of possession. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Do not sell what you do not have," and he said, "It is not permissible to combine a loan with a sale, nor to sell what you do not have." He prohibited selling goods where they are bought until the merchants take them to their homes. So it is best that this be the complete form. If he cannot take it out of the showroom, as you claimed, for reasons of that magnitude, he moves it from the top to the bottom, and from the bottom to the top. The Prophet used to order whoever bought food in the markets to move it from the top of the market to the bottom, and from the bottom to the top, so that his possession of it is realized and the sale is severed from him.
The questioner:
This applies to food and other items.
The Shaykh:
That he takes possession of it. Yes.
I am a man who trades in cars. I buy them from the showroom and move them from one side to another within the same showroom, and then I sell them. This is because the traffic authorities fine anyone who takes a car out of the showroom without transferring ownership. I buy them with a valid purchase and sell them in the same manner. Please give us a ruling on this action, may you be rewarded.
The Shaykh:
If the matter is as you described, there is no harm. If you move it from its place to the edge of the showroom, to the north or south of the showroom, from its place, and hand it over, and complete the purchase procedures, and no one has any right remaining, and it becomes something you possess, you may sell it. If it is possible to take it out of the showroom entirely to another showroom, or to your house, or to your yard, or to the market, that is more complete in terms of possession. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Do not sell what you do not have," and he said, "It is not permissible to combine a loan with a sale, nor to sell what you do not have." He prohibited selling goods where they are bought until the merchants take them to their homes. So it is best that this be the complete form. If he cannot take it out of the showroom, as you claimed, for reasons of that magnitude, he moves it from the top to the bottom, and from the bottom to the top. The Prophet used to order whoever bought food in the markets to move it from the top of the market to the bottom, and from the bottom to the top, so that his possession of it is realized and the sale is severed from him.
The questioner:
This applies to food and other items.
The Shaykh:
That he takes possession of it. Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 376 هل يجوز بيع السيارة دون نقلها من كان بيعها الأول للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com
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