A man rented out a shop on the condition that beards not be shaved there, then beards were shaved. Is it obligatory to annul the contract?
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The Shaykh : Even if it remains unused for a hundred years.
The questioner : All right, Shaykh, I do not know about the bank money, because he rented it to the bank?
The Shaykh : It is the same question. May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : Which bank?
The Shaykh : The banks are well known.
The questioner : And if we rent to barbers and shops where smoking takes place?
The Shaykh : Yes, anything you rent out for a forbidden matter, you are a partner with the other party in the sin, and it is forbidden for you. Even renting the place to a barber who shaves beards is forbidden. But if he rented it to a barber on the condition that he only shaves heads, and then you see him shaving beards, the sin is on him, because there is a difference between one who rents a thing to disobey Allah in it and one who rents it and then disobeys Allah in it. Do you understand?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : There is a difference between one who rents a thing to disobey Allah in it and one who rents it and then disobeys Allah in it. Is that clear?
For example, if this man rents a shop for usury or interest, that is forbidden. And if he rents it to sell cigarettes, and I know that he rented it to sell cigarettes in it, that is forbidden. But if he rents it for a permissible purpose, and then sells cigarettes in it, or engages in usury or interest in it, he owes nothing for that.
The questioner : And if it is stipulated in the contract?
The Shaykh : What did he demand?
The questioner : That no forbidden matter be placed in it.
The Shaykh : All right, this is good.
The questioner : Is the contract annulled?
The Shaykh : Yes, he has the right to annul it. If he rented the shop for barbering on the condition that no beards be shaved in it, and then beards were shaved, he has the right to annul it.
The questioner : All right, Shaykh, I do not know about the bank money, because he rented it to the bank?
The Shaykh : It is the same question. May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : Which bank?
The Shaykh : The banks are well known.
The questioner : And if we rent to barbers and shops where smoking takes place?
The Shaykh : Yes, anything you rent out for a forbidden matter, you are a partner with the other party in the sin, and it is forbidden for you. Even renting the place to a barber who shaves beards is forbidden. But if he rented it to a barber on the condition that he only shaves heads, and then you see him shaving beards, the sin is on him, because there is a difference between one who rents a thing to disobey Allah in it and one who rents it and then disobeys Allah in it. Do you understand?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : There is a difference between one who rents a thing to disobey Allah in it and one who rents it and then disobeys Allah in it. Is that clear?
For example, if this man rents a shop for usury or interest, that is forbidden. And if he rents it to sell cigarettes, and I know that he rented it to sell cigarettes in it, that is forbidden. But if he rents it for a permissible purpose, and then sells cigarettes in it, or engages in usury or interest in it, he owes nothing for that.
The questioner : And if it is stipulated in the contract?
The Shaykh : What did he demand?
The questioner : That no forbidden matter be placed in it.
The Shaykh : All right, this is good.
The questioner : Is the contract annulled?
The Shaykh : Yes, he has the right to annul it. If he rented the shop for barbering on the condition that no beards be shaved in it, and then beards were shaved, he has the right to annul it.