What is the ruling on selling a bankrupt person who is in debt, and is it abrogated?
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The questioner : What is the ruling on selling a bankrupt person who is in debt, is it abrogated, and what is the evidence for that?
The Shaykh : Is it abrogated? What is abrogated?
The questioner : The ruling on selling a bankrupt person who is in debt.
The Shaykh : The bankrupt person.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Abrogated? I don't understand, how?
The questioner : I mean, is this ruling regarding the permissibility of selling a bankrupt person who is in debt abrogated?
The Shaykh : Ah, selling the bankrupt person himself? Yes, you are referring in your question to the hadith of Mu'awiyah. In truth, I do not have a scholarly answer at this moment, based on the clarification and explanation we have gone through, because it is known among the jurists that a bankrupt person is not sold, but as a scholarly answer, I do not have one at hand right now.
The Shaykh : Is it abrogated? What is abrogated?
The questioner : The ruling on selling a bankrupt person who is in debt.
The Shaykh : The bankrupt person.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Abrogated? I don't understand, how?
The questioner : I mean, is this ruling regarding the permissibility of selling a bankrupt person who is in debt abrogated?
The Shaykh : Ah, selling the bankrupt person himself? Yes, you are referring in your question to the hadith of Mu'awiyah. In truth, I do not have a scholarly answer at this moment, based on the clarification and explanation we have gone through, because it is known among the jurists that a bankrupt person is not sold, but as a scholarly answer, I do not have one at hand right now.
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