Those who carry people around on wooden carts or electric carts: does this fall under the category of sale?
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The Shaykh : He says, regarding those who carry people around on wooden carts, it appears that they are hiring out the carriage. This is from before, outside. Do you not see the carriages outside the mosque?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : How does it happen?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Inside the mosque itself?
The questioner : The electric carts.
The Shaykh : Even the electric carts are not in the mosque; the electric carts, my brothers, are outside the mosque, and they take the fee inside the mosque.
The questioner : In the Sa'i area.
The Shaykh : The electric carts are outside, and the carriages are outside.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Well, let us leave this aside. Is it permissible to contract for a fee with the owner of the electric cart or the owner of the carriage? The answer is no, the answer is no, whether the person is performing tawaf or not.
The questioner : ... he needed to ride an electric cart ...
The Shaykh : By Allah, I no longer know. It is a dire necessity; he cannot soften it a little and then resume.
The questioner : A heavy woman or a heavy man cannot walk.
The Shaykh : And ... the row.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : The apparent meaning of the texts is that it is not permissible, but it may be said that in cases of dire necessity, since if one were told now to get down and we would hire you outside the mosque, there is difficulty during the peak seasons, so here we may say that in cases of dire necessity, if Allah wills, there is nothing wrong with it.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : How does it happen?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Inside the mosque itself?
The questioner : The electric carts.
The Shaykh : Even the electric carts are not in the mosque; the electric carts, my brothers, are outside the mosque, and they take the fee inside the mosque.
The questioner : In the Sa'i area.
The Shaykh : The electric carts are outside, and the carriages are outside.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Well, let us leave this aside. Is it permissible to contract for a fee with the owner of the electric cart or the owner of the carriage? The answer is no, the answer is no, whether the person is performing tawaf or not.
The questioner : ... he needed to ride an electric cart ...
The Shaykh : By Allah, I no longer know. It is a dire necessity; he cannot soften it a little and then resume.
The questioner : A heavy woman or a heavy man cannot walk.
The Shaykh : And ... the row.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : The apparent meaning of the texts is that it is not permissible, but it may be said that in cases of dire necessity, since if one were told now to get down and we would hire you outside the mosque, there is difficulty during the peak seasons, so here we may say that in cases of dire necessity, if Allah wills, there is nothing wrong with it.