Al-Sayyid Al-Allamah Al-Hujjah Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah Awad al-Mu’ayyidi May Allah preserve him

Question: A man sold the fruit of an orchard while he has a partner, and he took the entire price. The buyer knows that he has a partner. The partner then came and demanded from the buyer the delivery of...

Question: A man sold a plot of land to another man. Then these two men—the seller and the buyer—became partners in that land. They built on it and exploited it for more than fifteen years. Then these two partners disagreed...

Question: Two men entered into partnership on the basis that one of them would provide all the capital, and that both of them would work with that capital by buying and selling, and that the profit would be shared half-and-half...

Question: Several brothers are joined in a customary partnership. One of them undertakes the expenses. Among them is their younger brother, newly married. Is it permissible for him to purchase, item after item, for his wife without seeking his brothers’...

Question: Two partners have a jointly owned farm. One of them consumes from its fruits and benefits, while his partner remains silent and says nothing about it. After a time, the partner comes and demands from his fellow the value...

Question: It sometimes happens in a customary partnership that one of the two partners sells something without asking his partner’s permission. Is that sale valid for the entirety (of the property)? Or is it valid only for the seller’s share?This...

Question: Two partners in a business agreed and mutually consented that one of them would carry out some work that required incurring financial loss, and they stipulated conditions between them in this agreement. Then the one who undertook the work...

Question: A man sold land and included his partners, and the sale was concluded on that basis. Then, after a long time—after houses had been built on that land and the land had been revived with trees—some of the partners...

Question: A man forgave another man the remainder of a debt. They remained for a period thereafter, and a dispute arose. The man [who had forgiven] said: “It is true I forgave you, but I am claiming my brother’s share...

Question: If a man has several children—some of them grown and self-sufficient through their earnings, and some of them young and not earning—does the father have the right to give to the younger ones and not to the older ones?...