Fatwas Archive

Question: If the seller of a commodity knows of a defect, is it permissible for him to sell it without informing the buyer of the defect?

Question: Is it permissible to deal in buying and selling with one who engages in usury, or is it not permissible?

Question: It has become customary in the produce markets that the seller places the best fruit or best greens on the face of the basket and puts the lesser quality underneath. What is the ruling on that?

Question: An employee in charge of zakat (al-wājibāt) wants to partner with one of his brothers in purchasing a commodity to be shared equally between them. This employee will be the one to provide the price of the commodity, and...

Question: A man imported merchandise from Saudi Arabia to Yemen. This merchandise is exactly like that imported by the official agent; there is no difference between them. The manufacturer is the same, the size is the same, and the composition...

Question: Is it permissible for a man to buy, for example, a car from highway robbers, while knowing that they took it by force from its owner… etc.? (This question came from some people of al-Jawf.)

Question: Goods are sold in the market, and the buyer fears they may be looted or stolen. Is it permissible to buy them nonetheless? And if a man has bought something of that nature, what is required of him?

Question: If war and chaos strike a land, and as a result shops, many homes, and other properties are looted, is it permissible to buy items offered for sale from that looting? And if someone has purchased something from that,...

Question: A man sold a house in a valid sale and received the price in full. Thereafter, he removed the water tank on the rooftop, the tank in the courtyard, and dismantled the doors and windows, as well as the...

A question about buying and selling by telephone and taking a deposit (ʿarbūn)?