The Ruling on Paying the Rent in Advance or Deferring It

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Question: What is the ruling on shop owners taking their rent in advance, sometimes for a year or more?

Answer: It is permissible to pay the rent in advance or defer it, according to what the lessor and the lessee agree upon; based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:

O you who have believed, fulfill [all] contracts.

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ أَوْفُواْ بِالْعُقُودِ

[Al-Ma'idah: 1], and the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):

Muslims are bound by their conditions...

المسلمون على شروطهم...

. The hadith. And success is from Allah.

Source binbaz.org.sa

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