A man wants to repair his dynamo, so a person said to him: I will repair it for you at my relative's place for fifteen dinars, as is the market rate, and then he took this dynamo to his relative.
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The questioner : He repairs car motors and dynamos. He says a specific person comes to him because of his trust in him and his knowledge, and says to him: Repair this dynamo for me. He said to him: By Allah, my friend, I do not repair them; rather, I have acquaintances.
The Shaykh : I have acquaintances.
The questioner : Ah, I do not repair this kind of work, but my neighbors and acquaintances will repair it. Okay, what will this cost? By Allah, it will cost fifteen dinars, and that is its price in the market, meaning if he goes to any shop, they will repair it for fifteen dinars. When he goes to this acquaintance of his, he says to him: Look, you are asking me, oh this one. He said to him: By Allah, take ten dinars. This discount of five dinars is for the sake of his feelings, because he is a colleague and a colleague in the trade, and so on. Are these five dinars permissible for him to take?
The Shaykh : By Allah... from him, he is idle for a day. What is the value of the intermediary?
The questioner : He has to have it repaired.
The Shaykh : At his own expense?
The questioner : At his own expense, by Allah, no.
The Shaykh : So how do we give an answer?
The questioner : As for if it is at his own expense, it is lawful for him.
The Shaykh : Legally.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He says to him: I do not repair this kind of thing. I know a man, our friend, on the condition that it is not because he deals with him, because what would happen?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It would be like doctors, for example, referring some of them to others.
The questioner: Correct.
The Shaykh : In exchange for a connection, in the sense of "let me scratch your back and you scratch mine." But when I refer, for example, to a doctor and I know that another one is better than him, it is not permissible.
The questioner : Yes, that is right.
The Shaykh : If this is based on the principle of sincere advice, it is permissible for him to say to him: I know a skilled and sincere man, and I have no one else to refer you to for this thing, and he will repair it, and I have the reward of the referral. The amount is five, just as much as that one took from him, he deducts from him the amount of five. This way, first: it is more in accordance with the Shari'ah, second: it is easier for him in the future.
The questioner : Yes, so that he bears its consequences.
The Shaykh : I have acquaintances.
The questioner : Ah, I do not repair this kind of work, but my neighbors and acquaintances will repair it. Okay, what will this cost? By Allah, it will cost fifteen dinars, and that is its price in the market, meaning if he goes to any shop, they will repair it for fifteen dinars. When he goes to this acquaintance of his, he says to him: Look, you are asking me, oh this one. He said to him: By Allah, take ten dinars. This discount of five dinars is for the sake of his feelings, because he is a colleague and a colleague in the trade, and so on. Are these five dinars permissible for him to take?
The Shaykh : By Allah... from him, he is idle for a day. What is the value of the intermediary?
The questioner : He has to have it repaired.
The Shaykh : At his own expense?
The questioner : At his own expense, by Allah, no.
The Shaykh : So how do we give an answer?
The questioner : As for if it is at his own expense, it is lawful for him.
The Shaykh : Legally.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He says to him: I do not repair this kind of thing. I know a man, our friend, on the condition that it is not because he deals with him, because what would happen?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It would be like doctors, for example, referring some of them to others.
The questioner: Correct.
The Shaykh : In exchange for a connection, in the sense of "let me scratch your back and you scratch mine." But when I refer, for example, to a doctor and I know that another one is better than him, it is not permissible.
The questioner : Yes, that is right.
The Shaykh : If this is based on the principle of sincere advice, it is permissible for him to say to him: I know a skilled and sincere man, and I have no one else to refer you to for this thing, and he will repair it, and I have the reward of the referral. The amount is five, just as much as that one took from him, he deducts from him the amount of five. This way, first: it is more in accordance with the Shari'ah, second: it is easier for him in the future.
The questioner : Yes, so that he bears its consequences.
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