A question regarding buying and selling
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A man instructed another man to buy an electronic device for him to determine directions. This person went and bought it for one hundred and fifty riyals, then he came and sold it to the second person who had instructed him for two hundred riyals. What is the ruling on this, O Shaykh?
The fifty are not lawful for him. The extra fifty are forbidden for him, because he is an agent, and he bought it with the intention of buying it for the one who appointed him as agent. So what is obligatory for him now—If you say to him: may Allah reward you with good—is to return the fifty to the one who bought it for him, or to seek his forgiveness.
The fifty are not lawful for him. The extra fifty are forbidden for him, because he is an agent, and he bought it with the intention of buying it for the one who appointed him as agent. So what is obligatory for him now—If you say to him: may Allah reward you with good—is to return the fifty to the one who bought it for him, or to seek his forgiveness.