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[What is meant by “selling land with its rights”?]

Mufti:
Alsayyed Muhammad b. Abdallah Awad Al-Muayyady
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Fatwa number: 20033
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[What is meant by “selling land with its rights”?]
Fatwa number: 20033
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Question: Parcels are sold today with the deed stating “the land with its rights,” etc. What rights does that oblige the seller to provide?

Answer

Answer: Parcels today—whether for houses or farms—in our setting do not entail any rights owed by the seller. The buyer is entitled only to the specified plot, unless a right (e.g., an access road) is expressly stipulated in the sale; then the stipulation governs.
Source: Min Thimār al-ʿIlm wa al-Ḥikmah vol.2

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