Continuation regarding some owners of laundries who say that if more than two months have passed on the clothes, they are no longer responsible for them; is it permissible for them to take them after this?
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The Shaykh : What is the question?
The questioner : The question, O Shaykh, is whether the owner of the laundry has the right to dispose of the items by selling them or using them...
The Shaykh : Look, may Allah reward you, if there is a specific agreed-upon period between them.
The questioner : It is written on the invoice: two months.
The Shaykh : Listen, my brother, if there is a specific agreed-upon period between them, then once the period ends, he is free to give them in charity or sell them and give the price in charity. Do you understand?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, wait, my man. And if there is no specific agreed-upon period between them, it is not permissible for him to sell them after one or two months. Rather, he does not sell them or dispose of them except when he has despaired of finding their owner. Once he has despaired, he is free to do so, because he cannot keep his place occupied with these clothes or these furnishings indefinitely.
The questioner : There is a contract between them on the invoice.
The Shaykh : That...?
The questioner : If two months have passed, the laundry is not responsible for them.
The Shaykh : That is what the brother said, and I have answered him.
The questioner : So, is it permissible to dispose of them?
The Shaykh : The next question. The next question. Do not waste our time on something already known. The next question, yes, on the left.
The questioner : The question, O Shaykh, is whether the owner of the laundry has the right to dispose of the items by selling them or using them...
The Shaykh : Look, may Allah reward you, if there is a specific agreed-upon period between them.
The questioner : It is written on the invoice: two months.
The Shaykh : Listen, my brother, if there is a specific agreed-upon period between them, then once the period ends, he is free to give them in charity or sell them and give the price in charity. Do you understand?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, wait, my man. And if there is no specific agreed-upon period between them, it is not permissible for him to sell them after one or two months. Rather, he does not sell them or dispose of them except when he has despaired of finding their owner. Once he has despaired, he is free to do so, because he cannot keep his place occupied with these clothes or these furnishings indefinitely.
The questioner : There is a contract between them on the invoice.
The Shaykh : That...?
The questioner : If two months have passed, the laundry is not responsible for them.
The Shaykh : That is what the brother said, and I have answered him.
The questioner : So, is it permissible to dispose of them?
The Shaykh : The next question. The next question. Do not waste our time on something already known. The next question, yes, on the left.