Is it permissible for one who has rented a house to rent it to someone else?
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The questioner : Does one who has rented a premises have the right to rent it to someone else?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : If one rents a house or a place, does he have the right to rent it to someone else?
Another questioner : What was with us...
The Shaykh : What was with us. First, is he authorized? He is a tenant; is he authorized to rent it out? The answer depends on the agreement between him and the landlord.
The questioner : The answer is that he is not authorized, and this is the custom, meaning there is no authorization.
The Shaykh : Therefore, it is not permissible, and this is an injustice by the tenants toward the landlords.
The questioner : Now, if the owner is satisfied with it, because his rent, for example, is not the same amount; say he pays fifty dinars and takes it from this one or that one, is there any harm? That is, I remain the tenant of so-and-so, and I placed a refrigerator and equipment and things in this premises, and I rented this premises, for example, for eighty dinars.
The Shaykh : Yes, may Allah have mercy on Abu Ahmad...
The questioner : It is the same question.
The Shaykh : ... We will hear it from you anyway. Did you record it or not?
Abu Layla: Of course.
The Shaykh : It is recorded. ... You presented the situation initially, and you received the answer that if it is with the landlord's consent, he is allowed to rent it out. But when you explained and clarified the first situation, what was behind the veil became apparent, which is the issue of subletting. If this person wants to exploit this ready-made situation, taking a rent higher than what he paid and leaving the place, you know that subletting has details, meaning if it is as named, it is permissible, otherwise it is from the category of consuming people's wealth unjustly. You know this from before, yes.
The questioner : You have tired me, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Tired me? Oh, what a bad omen! And what did we say to you? We gave you that hour, and you frightened me. When I said to you, "A question," and after the question, a second question came, we said, "If Allah wills, a third will come," and praise be to Allah, the rope is long...
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : If one rents a house or a place, does he have the right to rent it to someone else?
Another questioner : What was with us...
The Shaykh : What was with us. First, is he authorized? He is a tenant; is he authorized to rent it out? The answer depends on the agreement between him and the landlord.
The questioner : The answer is that he is not authorized, and this is the custom, meaning there is no authorization.
The Shaykh : Therefore, it is not permissible, and this is an injustice by the tenants toward the landlords.
The questioner : Now, if the owner is satisfied with it, because his rent, for example, is not the same amount; say he pays fifty dinars and takes it from this one or that one, is there any harm? That is, I remain the tenant of so-and-so, and I placed a refrigerator and equipment and things in this premises, and I rented this premises, for example, for eighty dinars.
The Shaykh : Yes, may Allah have mercy on Abu Ahmad...
The questioner : It is the same question.
The Shaykh : ... We will hear it from you anyway. Did you record it or not?
Abu Layla: Of course.
The Shaykh : It is recorded. ... You presented the situation initially, and you received the answer that if it is with the landlord's consent, he is allowed to rent it out. But when you explained and clarified the first situation, what was behind the veil became apparent, which is the issue of subletting. If this person wants to exploit this ready-made situation, taking a rent higher than what he paid and leaving the place, you know that subletting has details, meaning if it is as named, it is permissible, otherwise it is from the category of consuming people's wealth unjustly. You know this from before, yes.
The questioner : You have tired me, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Tired me? Oh, what a bad omen! And what did we say to you? We gave you that hour, and you frightened me. When I said to you, "A question," and after the question, a second question came, we said, "If Allah wills, a third will come," and praise be to Allah, the rope is long...
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