Ruling on selling travel tickets in installments with an increase
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O our Shaykh! May Allah reward you with Paradise and raise your status in this world and the Hereafter.
The Shaykh: And may He do the same for you and everyone who hears this.
The questioner: Now, in the summer, travel agencies offer tickets in installments. These agencies reserve seats from the airlines, add a sum to the price, and then offer them in installments to those who wish to travel. This is very common in the summer, so we want to know the truth in this matter. May Allah reward you with good.
The truth, if Allah wills, is that there is nothing wrong with it.But I say: The original travel to European countries or non-European countries, but they are all places of licentiousness and corruption. Intoxicants are sold openly in the markets, and women display their adornment and expose themselves, not just in words but in deeds, and the like. I see that no one should travel for this purpose, because he will lose time, he will lose money, he will lose religion, and he will lose character. So it is not permissible for him to travel under these circumstances at all. Then we must know that some of these agencies are wicked; they make it easy for the foolish and say: We will give you a deferred ticket, to entice him to travel. We should stand against this opinion. Otherwise, there is nothing wrong with a person hiring someone for one hundred if it is cash, and for two hundred if it is deferred. There is nothing wrong with it, but the original purpose is a bad one.
The questioner: Is travel permissible?The Shaykh: No,I said: Travel in itself is not permissible.
The questioner: How does the passenger's fare increase by a sum of money?Answer: There is nothing wrong with it. I set the amount because I deferred the price of the fare.Just as if you said: I rent this house for one thousand riyals a year to whoever gives me that amount in cash, and for one thousand and two hundred to whoever pays it in installments.
The Shaykh: And may He do the same for you and everyone who hears this.
The questioner: Now, in the summer, travel agencies offer tickets in installments. These agencies reserve seats from the airlines, add a sum to the price, and then offer them in installments to those who wish to travel. This is very common in the summer, so we want to know the truth in this matter. May Allah reward you with good.
The truth, if Allah wills, is that there is nothing wrong with it.But I say: The original travel to European countries or non-European countries, but they are all places of licentiousness and corruption. Intoxicants are sold openly in the markets, and women display their adornment and expose themselves, not just in words but in deeds, and the like. I see that no one should travel for this purpose, because he will lose time, he will lose money, he will lose religion, and he will lose character. So it is not permissible for him to travel under these circumstances at all. Then we must know that some of these agencies are wicked; they make it easy for the foolish and say: We will give you a deferred ticket, to entice him to travel. We should stand against this opinion. Otherwise, there is nothing wrong with a person hiring someone for one hundred if it is cash, and for two hundred if it is deferred. There is nothing wrong with it, but the original purpose is a bad one.
The questioner: Is travel permissible?The Shaykh: No,I said: Travel in itself is not permissible.
The questioner: How does the passenger's fare increase by a sum of money?Answer: There is nothing wrong with it. I set the amount because I deferred the price of the fare.Just as if you said: I rent this house for one thousand riyals a year to whoever gives me that amount in cash, and for one thousand and two hundred to whoever pays it in installments.