Is it permissible for the owner of a furniture store to agree with a customer to have a sitting room made for him, and to agree on the price that it will be made in a distant location and then brought to him?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, a man has a furniture store, and a customer may come to him and request a custom-made sitting room, which requires him to go to another city.
The Shaykh : What is he asking for?
The questioner : Making the sitting room is preparing a sitting room.
The Shaykh : A sitting room.
The questioner : He needs to go to a city to have it made for him.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Then he agrees with him on the price, and perhaps he receives a deposit.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Before he goes to have it made, what is your opinion?
The Shaykh : Yes, there is nothing wrong with this, because he has not sold him a specific item; rather, he has agreed with him to manufacture a specific item. The correct view is that there is nothing wrong with it, and there is no obstacle. This becomes a debt in his liability, and he acts according to the contract thereafter.
The Shaykh : What is he asking for?
The questioner : Making the sitting room is preparing a sitting room.
The Shaykh : A sitting room.
The questioner : He needs to go to a city to have it made for him.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Then he agrees with him on the price, and perhaps he receives a deposit.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Before he goes to have it made, what is your opinion?
The Shaykh : Yes, there is nothing wrong with this, because he has not sold him a specific item; rather, he has agreed with him to manufacture a specific item. The correct view is that there is nothing wrong with it, and there is no obstacle. This becomes a debt in his liability, and he acts according to the contract thereafter.