Fatwas Archive

Question: A frequently recurring incident is that people in these lands have hastened to revive tracts of land and to sell and buy them, and there are roads that pass through these demarcated plots which people habitually use to go...

Question: An agreement and contract were concluded between two men that one of them would work in the other’s land: he would dig, purchase equipment, seeds, and trees, plow, clear the land, and irrigate—on the basis that whatever benefits result...

Question: A war broke out in a region where there are car showrooms; owners display their cars in those markets and pay the market owner a rental for that. Due to the severity and continuation of the war, the showroom...

Question: A man rented gas cylinders in order to transport gas in them from Ma’rib to Ṣa‘dah during wartime, and the owner of the cylinders was aware of the dangers that occur along the route. The rented cylinders then came...

Question: If a man and the owner of a car agree that he will work with it and what is earned will be split half-and-half, then the car overturns and suffers damage; afterwards the driver leaves it where it overturned...

Question: If a man contracts to build a house, a school, or the like, and then the building suffers ruin due to war, a flood, or similar causes before the sub-contractor (al-mutaqāwil) delivers it to its owners—who is liable: the...

Question: If a man gives another a car to work on, with one-third of what is earned for the worker, one-third for the car, and one-third for the car’s owner—what is the ruling on this transaction?

Question 1: - If a driver operates a car for a wage paid by the owner of the car—meaning the driver is a private hireling—and then an accident occurs in which the car overturns and suffers damage and ruin, is...

Question: An employee was tasked by the state to put out a tender for a school or the like. This employee went to some contractors and agreed with one of them to carry out the project for a certain amount,...

Question: A man lives in an old house in which he owns a share, with the remainder belonging to the other heirs of his father. The house suffered war damage. Compensation was later issued for the damage to houses. The...