If someone entrusted me to buy a book for him for one and a half dinars, is it permissible for me to buy it and sell it to him for two dinars?
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The questioner : I mean with people, for example, one person entrusts another to buy a certain man's book. He, for instance, buys it from this man because he buys books from him for one hundred and fifty qirsh, which is one and a half dinars, and then sells it to the man who entrusted him for two dinars. Is there anything wrong with that?
The Shaykh : It is not permissible, because he is a trustee, unless there is a prior agreement that I will buy it for you, but I will have a profit of such-and-such percent. In that case, it is permissible.
The questioner : The one who is entrusted is the one who exerts effort, meaning in the buying.
The Shaykh : I know, I know. This is the answer.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible, because he is a trustee, unless there is a prior agreement that I will buy it for you, but I will have a profit of such-and-such percent. In that case, it is permissible.
The questioner : The one who is entrusted is the one who exerts effort, meaning in the buying.
The Shaykh : I know, I know. This is the answer.
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