Renting houses in Makkah and buying its land.
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The questioner : Houses in Makkah and renting... ?
The Shaykh : There is a lot of discussion from scholars in the past, but it appears that there is no compelling evidence prohibiting the renting of these houses; due to the hadith in "al-Sahihayn":Sunan al-Bayhaqi 5:709, and the original ruling, as you know, is permissibility, unless a text comes that necessitates moving from permissibility to prohibition, in which case we remain with the original ruling.
The questioner : What about buying the land?
The Shaykh : ... Likewise.
The Shaykh : There is a lot of discussion from scholars in the past, but it appears that there is no compelling evidence prohibiting the renting of these houses; due to the hadith in "al-Sahihayn":
And did 'Aqil leave us any house?
وهل ترك لنا عقيل من دار ؟The questioner : What about buying the land?
The Shaykh : ... Likewise.
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