What is the ruling on taking a deposit?
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Question:
What is the ruling on the seller taking a deposit if the sale is not completed?
Its form is that two people agree to a sale; if the sale is completed, the buyer pays the full price, and if the sale is not completed, the seller keeps the deposit and does not return it to the buyer.
Answer: There is no harm in taking a deposit—in the more correct of the two opinions of the scholars—if the seller and the buyer agree to it and the sale is not completed.
What is the ruling on the seller taking a deposit if the sale is not completed?
Its form is that two people agree to a sale; if the sale is completed, the buyer pays the full price, and if the sale is not completed, the seller keeps the deposit and does not return it to the buyer.
Answer: There is no harm in taking a deposit—in the more correct of the two opinions of the scholars—if the seller and the buyer agree to it and the sale is not completed.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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