Placing one's money in a profit-sharing partnership with a man one does not know, and the money is lost; is one entitled to demand compensation from the one who recommended this man?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I gave a friend of mine a sum of money to give to another man for the purpose of a profit-sharing partnership (mudarabah). I did not give him the money until he had recommended this person to me. I do not know this partner, and I have not seen him. Then it happened that the money was lost, and another man took possession of it. So, does my friend here guarantee this money? And do I have the right to demand it from him?
Answer:
You are the one who separated it. Why do you pay the money when you do not know the person? You do not know him personally. So, you are the one who separated it?
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I gave a friend of mine a sum of money to give to another man for the purpose of a profit-sharing partnership (mudarabah). I did not give him the money until he had recommended this person to me. I do not know this partner, and I have not seen him. Then it happened that the money was lost, and another man took possession of it. So, does my friend here guarantee this money? And do I have the right to demand it from him?
Answer:
You are the one who separated it. Why do you pay the money when you do not know the person? You do not know him personally. So, you are the one who separated it?
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1481 -2802] وضع ماله للمضاربة عند رجل لا يعرفه فضاع المال، هل أن يطالب من نصحه بهذا الرجل؟ — youtube.com
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