A house rented out for four hundred years whose owner is unknown
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Question:
The Shaykh’s function there is that a house was rented out for four hundred years, and it passed from hand to hand until it reached a person now. This person does not know the owner of this house, and there is no record of the owner’s identity. What should this person do?
Answer:
He starts with the court. Matters of houses, properties, and contracts are referred to the courts. He submits the case to the court, and the court examines the documents and the reality of the situation, then issues the ruling. Yes.
The Shaykh’s function there is that a house was rented out for four hundred years, and it passed from hand to hand until it reached a person now. This person does not know the owner of this house, and there is no record of the owner’s identity. What should this person do?
Answer:
He starts with the court. Matters of houses, properties, and contracts are referred to the courts. He submits the case to the court, and the court examines the documents and the reality of the situation, then issues the ruling. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 26 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|البيوع|باب المساقاة والمزارعة|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:19:07)
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