Ruling on Renting Shops or Other Premises to a Bank or to One Who Commits a Forbidden Act Therein
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I had previously issued a ruling regarding a bank that rents a shop when no one else is available to rent it,And you said: stating that it is lawful, and I have a doubt, and I do not know whether the ruling is valid or not valid?
By Allah, my brother, I advise you that whenever something attributed to me or to other scholars passes you by and you disapprove of it, deny it,And tell the one who told you: I demand that you verify the accuracy of your transmission; because much is transmitted from us incorrectly and falsely, and also from others.
As for the question, I never said this at all.
And I say: It is not permissible for a person to rent his shop or his house to a bank, even if it remains vacant for a hundred years,Because Allah said in His great Book: [Al-Ma'idah: 2] , and renting shops to banks is cooperation in sin and aggression, and if it has been established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (cursed the one who consumes riba, the one who gives it, the two witnesses, and the scribe) even though the two witnesses and the scribe have no interest except to establish the riba,He has cursed them all and said: (they are all equal) .
So take from me now: It is not permissible to rent places to a bank; because it was established for riba, and this is the basis of its establishment, although it may have other permissible transactions; but it is originally founded for riba.
So convey to the one who transmitted this from me and say: I asked so-and-so,So he said: this is not correct, and it is not permissible to rent houses or shops to these banks, even if they remain vacant for a hundred years.
The questioner: Well -O Shaykh-! If we rent to the bank, the bank's money will be forbidden, but which bank of the banks, O Shaykh?The Shaykh: The interest-based banks are known.
The questioner: And if we rent to barbers and shops that sell tobacco?The Shaykh: Anything you rent for a forbidden act, you are a partner with the owner in the sin, and it is forbidden for you, even renting the place to a barber who shaves the beard is forbidden; but if you rent it to a barber on the condition that he shaves heads, then you see him shaving beards, then the sin is upon him; because there is a difference between one who rents a thing to disobey Allah in it and one who rents it and then disobeys Allah in it.
Did you understand? There is a difference between one who rents a thing to disobey Allah in it and one who rents it and then disobeys Allah in it.
For example: If this person rents a shop for riba, this is forbidden, and likewise if he rents it to sell tobacco in it, and the lessor knows that he rented it to sell tobacco in it, then this is also forbidden.
But if he rents it for a permissible purpose, then sells tobacco in it, or engages in riba in it, then he has no sin in that.
The questioner: And if it is stipulated in the contract?The Shaykh: What did he stipulate?The questioner: That he not sell tobacco or the like in it?The Shaykh: This is good.
The questioner: And does he have the right to cancel the contract?The Shaykh: Yes.
He has the right to cancel it, so if he stipulated upon him when he rented the shop for barbering that he not shave a beard, then he shaved, he has the right to cancel.
By Allah, my brother, I advise you that whenever something attributed to me or to other scholars passes you by and you disapprove of it, deny it,And tell the one who told you: I demand that you verify the accuracy of your transmission; because much is transmitted from us incorrectly and falsely, and also from others.
As for the question, I never said this at all.
And I say: It is not permissible for a person to rent his shop or his house to a bank, even if it remains vacant for a hundred years,Because Allah said in His great Book:
And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression.
وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَى وَلا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِSo take from me now: It is not permissible to rent places to a bank; because it was established for riba, and this is the basis of its establishment, although it may have other permissible transactions; but it is originally founded for riba.
So convey to the one who transmitted this from me and say: I asked so-and-so,So he said: this is not correct, and it is not permissible to rent houses or shops to these banks, even if they remain vacant for a hundred years.
The questioner: Well -O Shaykh-! If we rent to the bank, the bank's money will be forbidden, but which bank of the banks, O Shaykh?The Shaykh: The interest-based banks are known.
The questioner: And if we rent to barbers and shops that sell tobacco?The Shaykh: Anything you rent for a forbidden act, you are a partner with the owner in the sin, and it is forbidden for you, even renting the place to a barber who shaves the beard is forbidden; but if you rent it to a barber on the condition that he shaves heads, then you see him shaving beards, then the sin is upon him; because there is a difference between one who rents a thing to disobey Allah in it and one who rents it and then disobeys Allah in it.
Did you understand? There is a difference between one who rents a thing to disobey Allah in it and one who rents it and then disobeys Allah in it.
For example: If this person rents a shop for riba, this is forbidden, and likewise if he rents it to sell tobacco in it, and the lessor knows that he rented it to sell tobacco in it, then this is also forbidden.
But if he rents it for a permissible purpose, then sells tobacco in it, or engages in riba in it, then he has no sin in that.
The questioner: And if it is stipulated in the contract?The Shaykh: What did he stipulate?The questioner: That he not sell tobacco or the like in it?The Shaykh: This is good.
The questioner: And does he have the right to cancel the contract?The Shaykh: Yes.
He has the right to cancel it, so if he stipulated upon him when he rented the shop for barbering that he not shave a beard, then he shaved, he has the right to cancel.