A man tasked me with selling a piece of land for him; that is, to act as his broker. After I found him a buyer following a year of searching, the seller backed out.
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The questioner : And the second: A man tasked me with selling a piece of land for him.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And it means we brought several buyers to look at it, for about a year we were bringing buyers to look at it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And in the end, one of them came and said: I want to buy this piece of land for the same price that its owner set.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And when, after all these efforts, things were settled and we took a thousand dinars right away from this man to give to the seller, the seller came and said: I have stopped; because, by Allah, my son wants to take the piece of land. So, is it permissible for us to demand our fees?
The Shaykh : You are a broker, for example?
The questioner : Yes, exactly ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The broker, according to the Shaykh, did not take a piece of land for him.
The Shaykh : I understood, I understood, there is no need to repeat it.
The questioner : Ah, I mean, does the broker have...?
The Shaykh : You have no right to demand compensation for your effort except from the one who backed out.
The questioner : You don't know.
The Shaykh : The one who backed out, the one who backed out is either the seller or the buyer.
The questioner : I mean, the one who backed out?
The Shaykh : You demand your fees from the one who backed out.
The questioner : Okay; he also lost you something from the other side.
The Shaykh : My brother, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : Yes, I know this, sir.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you, I know you like a bird.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I am telling you.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The one who backs out is the cause of the loss of the broker's or intermediary's effort.
The questioner : Yes, so that is it.
The Shaykh : That is it.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And may Allah protect you, if Allah wills.
The questioner : The third question, glory to Allah! I forgot it, by Allah.
The Shaykh[Al-Kahf 18:63], perhaps you will remember it, perhaps you will remember it, if Allah wills.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, if I remember it, I will call you, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Remember your Lord when you forget.
The questioner : Allah alone has no partner, His is the dominion and His is the praise, He gives life and causes death, and He is over all things competent.
The Shaykh : (Glorified and Exalted is He).
The questioner : Glory to Allah! By Allah, it has gone from my mind.
The Shaykh : Okay; its good is in its replacement.
The questioner : I ask you...
The Shaykh : Its good is in its replacement.
The questioner : Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
Another questioner : "Eid": My Shaykh, I have an inquiry regarding his statement that he exerts effort in procuring these stamps, and I say—my Shaykh—: there is no effort, the stamps are bought just as a person buys any commodity from the grocery store, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, this statement is not valid.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And it means we brought several buyers to look at it, for about a year we were bringing buyers to look at it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And in the end, one of them came and said: I want to buy this piece of land for the same price that its owner set.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And when, after all these efforts, things were settled and we took a thousand dinars right away from this man to give to the seller, the seller came and said: I have stopped; because, by Allah, my son wants to take the piece of land. So, is it permissible for us to demand our fees?
The Shaykh : You are a broker, for example?
The questioner : Yes, exactly ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The broker, according to the Shaykh, did not take a piece of land for him.
The Shaykh : I understood, I understood, there is no need to repeat it.
The questioner : Ah, I mean, does the broker have...?
The Shaykh : You have no right to demand compensation for your effort except from the one who backed out.
The questioner : You don't know.
The Shaykh : The one who backed out, the one who backed out is either the seller or the buyer.
The questioner : I mean, the one who backed out?
The Shaykh : You demand your fees from the one who backed out.
The questioner : Okay; he also lost you something from the other side.
The Shaykh : My brother, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : Yes, I know this, sir.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you, I know you like a bird.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I am telling you.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The one who backs out is the cause of the loss of the broker's or intermediary's effort.
The questioner : Yes, so that is it.
The Shaykh : That is it.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And may Allah protect you, if Allah wills.
The questioner : The third question, glory to Allah! I forgot it, by Allah.
The Shaykh
And none made me forget it except Satan - that I should mention it
وَمَا أَنْسَانِيهُ إِلَّا الشَّيْطَانُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَهُThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good, if I remember it, I will call you, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Remember your Lord when you forget.
The questioner : Allah alone has no partner, His is the dominion and His is the praise, He gives life and causes death, and He is over all things competent.
The Shaykh : (Glorified and Exalted is He).
The questioner : Glory to Allah! By Allah, it has gone from my mind.
The Shaykh : Okay; its good is in its replacement.
The questioner : I ask you...
The Shaykh : Its good is in its replacement.
The questioner : Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
Another questioner : "Eid": My Shaykh, I have an inquiry regarding his statement that he exerts effort in procuring these stamps, and I say—my Shaykh—: there is no effort, the stamps are bought just as a person buys any commodity from the grocery store, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, this statement is not valid.
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