Is it permissible for the agent to act as he pleases in the sale?
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The questioner : Some bookstores... the owner of the car comes to sell to this bookstore wholesale at a certain price, and he finds some people who are not owners of these bookstores buying at this price. Is it permissible for him to sell, and is this not considered buying from your brother's purchase...
The Shaykh : How does the one who sells sell?
The questioner : The one who sells is the owner of the car.
The Shaykh : The car means a rental, meaning the car owner has no involvement in the buying and selling. That is, a man brought the books from the printing press to deliver them to the bookstore owner; it is not permissible for him to dispose of them in any way; he has no involvement.
The questioner : No, he is the owner of the car, he is the owner... meaning he is entrusted to sell... and if he finds someone who sold to him...
The Shaykh : In any case, the agent acts according to what he was entrusted with.
The questioner : Does this mean...
The Shaykh : I say the agent acts according to what he was entrusted with. If he is told, "Take this load of the car and deliver it to such-and-such bookstore, and if someone passes by wanting to buy, sell to him," then there is no harm; he is an agent.
The questioner : The bookstore owners who buy wholesale are harmed.
The Shaykh : He has no obligation, as long as the ownership belongs to the owner of the printing press. Yes, Salim.
The Shaykh : How does the one who sells sell?
The questioner : The one who sells is the owner of the car.
The Shaykh : The car means a rental, meaning the car owner has no involvement in the buying and selling. That is, a man brought the books from the printing press to deliver them to the bookstore owner; it is not permissible for him to dispose of them in any way; he has no involvement.
The questioner : No, he is the owner of the car, he is the owner... meaning he is entrusted to sell... and if he finds someone who sold to him...
The Shaykh : In any case, the agent acts according to what he was entrusted with.
The questioner : Does this mean...
The Shaykh : I say the agent acts according to what he was entrusted with. If he is told, "Take this load of the car and deliver it to such-and-such bookstore, and if someone passes by wanting to buy, sell to him," then there is no harm; he is an agent.
The questioner : The bookstore owners who buy wholesale are harmed.
The Shaykh : He has no obligation, as long as the ownership belongs to the owner of the printing press. Yes, Salim.