Ruling on making a fictitious contract in order to obtain a telephone
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The questioner: When installing a telephone, a lease contract or a deed is required. Some people do not have a house at all, and some people are living with their father or the like, but they go to the real estate office and put down a contract for nothing.
The Shaykh: A nominal one.
The questioner: Fictitiously, so that they give him the telephone and install it for him. Some students of knowledge and some of the brothers do this. Is this permissible?The Shaykh: Our answer to this is: This is forbidden and not permissible. It is a form of lying and betrayal. It is lying because he lied when he claimed to be a tenant. It is betrayal because he betrayed the state and confused the issue. Furthermore, if the state gives the telephone to a man who does not qualify according to the regulations, it deprives another man who does qualify according to the regulations. Thus, there is a third harm in this, which is: preventing the one who is more deserving from benefiting from this service.
The Shaykh: A nominal one.
The questioner: Fictitiously, so that they give him the telephone and install it for him. Some students of knowledge and some of the brothers do this. Is this permissible?The Shaykh: Our answer to this is: This is forbidden and not permissible. It is a form of lying and betrayal. It is lying because he lied when he claimed to be a tenant. It is betrayal because he betrayed the state and confused the issue. Furthermore, if the state gives the telephone to a man who does not qualify according to the regulations, it deprives another man who does qualify according to the regulations. Thus, there is a third harm in this, which is: preventing the one who is more deserving from benefiting from this service.