A person bequeathed to another person that he buy him an electrical device, so he bought it for one hundred and fifty riyals, then sold it to the one who bequeathed it to him for two hundred riyals
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh: A man bequeathed to a second man that he buy him a device.
The Shaykh : What kind of device?
The questioner : An electrical, electronic device, an electronic device for determining directions, a device that determines the direction, if you are here and you go anywhere in the desert...
The Shaykh : A guide, meaning a navigation device.
The student: A compass.
The questioner : Roughly like a compass.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So this person went and bought it for one hundred and fifty riyals, then he came and sold it to the second person who had bequeathed it to him for two hundred riyals. What is the ruling on this, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : The fifty are not lawful for him; the extra fifty are forbidden for him, because he is an agent, and he bought it with the intention that it was for the one who appointed him as agent. So it is obligatory for him now, if you say to him, "May Allah reward you," that he must return the fifty to the one who bought it for him, or seek his forgiveness.
The Shaykh : What kind of device?
The questioner : An electrical, electronic device, an electronic device for determining directions, a device that determines the direction, if you are here and you go anywhere in the desert...
The Shaykh : A guide, meaning a navigation device.
The student: A compass.
The questioner : Roughly like a compass.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So this person went and bought it for one hundred and fifty riyals, then he came and sold it to the second person who had bequeathed it to him for two hundred riyals. What is the ruling on this, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : The fifty are not lawful for him; the extra fifty are forbidden for him, because he is an agent, and he bought it with the intention that it was for the one who appointed him as agent. So it is obligatory for him now, if you say to him, "May Allah reward you," that he must return the fifty to the one who bought it for him, or seek his forgiveness.