If a buyer asks me for a specific item that I do not have, is it permissible for me to obtain it and sell it to him?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If a person asks me for a specific item that I do not have, I tell him, “I will bring it to you in an hour.” Then I go out and bring it without taking anything from him, and then the sale is completed. Is there anything wrong with this according to the Shari'ah?
Answer:
Yes, but the quick option for him is that he leaves it, or that he takes it; it is in your ownership. As for you being certain and him being certain that you will buy it, and he has not seen it, and you say, “This is in your ownership; I bought it for you,” this is not permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If a person asks me for a specific item that I do not have, I tell him, “I will bring it to you in an hour.” Then I go out and bring it without taking anything from him, and then the sale is completed. Is there anything wrong with this according to the Shari'ah?
Answer:
Yes, but the quick option for him is that he leaves it, or that he takes it; it is in your ownership. As for you being certain and him being certain that you will buy it, and he has not seen it, and you say, “This is in your ownership; I bought it for you,” this is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1573 -3022] إذا طلب مني المشتري سلعة معينة ليست عندي، فهل يجوز لي أن أحضرها وأبيعها له؟ — youtube.com
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