Renting and Property
72 questions
What is the ruling of Sharia on the wealth of an owner of a commercial building leased to a café that serves cigarettes and shisha, whether the shisha is from the forbidden pipe or from manufactured fruit materials? Is he sinful for that? Is he obliged to cancel the existing lease contracts? What should he do if the laws protect the tenants and he cannot cancel the contracts?
Is it permissible to consider vast pastures as an inviolable preserve (hima) and private property, and to sell their herbage or lease them merely because a well has been dug or a house built therein, or because they are adjacent to cultivated land, knowing that they are irrigated by rainwater? What is the ruling on artificially inseminating a ewe vaginally before mating for the purpose of twinning? What is the ruling on leasing wheat or barley when they are green fodder for sheep, and what about leaving them until harvest time, and what is the amount of zakat due on them?
Is it permissible to purchase a house through a bank transaction in which the buyer and seller sign a pledge of sale, the house is designated to the bank, then the bank purchases the house, and the buyer begins paying a rental sum to the bank for a specified period, after which the house becomes the property of the payer of the sum?
What is the ruling on a person's disposal of money deposited with him and trading with it without the owner's permission and consent, even though the depositor became wealthy because of it?
Is it permissible for my friend to demand the earnest money from the person who backed out of renting the apartment in his place, on the grounds that they had an agreement and he stopped searching for an alternative?
What is the legal ruling on fractional ownership contracts for a property purchased for a specific, inheritable time period, with maintenance and cleaning expenses paid in installments?
What is the ruling of Islamic law and civil law regarding a brother seizing his mother's property and renting it out for a pittance without the consent of the other heirs, knowing that the mother suffers from Alzheimer's?
Is renting cars from another agency at a price higher than the original rental price permissible or forbidden?
Is it permissible to work in a clothing store inside a hotel that serves alcohol, knowing that my work is not related to serving it?
What is the Sharia ruling on renting a commercial premise that was nationalized and then re-rented by the state to the current lessor? Is it permissible to pay the rent to the original owner of the premise?
What is the ruling on a father relinquishing a portion of his property to his two sons during his lifetime?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on renting out homes in summer resorts, and to what extent is the money earned from this permissible, especially if the landlord does not know the nature of the tenants or their use of the property?
Does money obtained from renting out an inherited house to siblings fall under the rule of "the male shall have the share of two females"?
Is it permissible for children to waive their share of their father's inheritance to their divorced sister in exchange for a deferred debt, in order to absolve their father and to gladden their sister's heart?
Is a brother entitled to demand from the heirs his share in a plot of land that he claims he contributed to purchasing with a sum of money more than thirty years ago, given that the father denied his entitlement during his lifetime, and that the brother resided in a property belonging to the father without paying rent throughout that period?
What is the ruling on renting out a laundry shop for a fixed monthly sum of 6,000 Saudi Riyals, with a sharing of effort and equipment, provided that the worker receives whatever exceeds the agreed-upon amount?
Is selling and renting copied discs, and installing parts to enable the reading of copied discs on video game consoles, unlawful (haram), taking into consideration the absence of intellectual property protection laws, the widespread availability of copies, the high cost of original copies, and their unavailability in Algeria?
Is real estate financing permissible through Arab Bank if the bank purchases the property then leases it to me with a promise of lease, and transfers ownership to me after twenty years, in exchange for an annual interest rate of 4.75%?
Is the tenant entitled to claim back the advance rent paid for the second year, during which they were unable to use the property due to war and the damages it sustained, and who bears the costs of repairing these damages?
Is the lessor entitled to conceal the price of re-renting the premises after its closure for three months from the lessee?
Is it permissible to deduct the rental value of agricultural land from the Zakat on crops?
Is it permissible for me to take a monthly sum from my sister's pension in exchange for not renting out or selling my apartment due to her circumstances? Or do I have the right to dispose of my property by renting or selling it without considering my siblings' situation?
Is renting an apartment from an owner who bought the property with an interest-based loan, where the rent covers the installment and more, considered cooperation in sin or permissible?
What is the ruling on renting out properties for forbidden practices, such as renting apartments with satellite channels, barbershops for shaving beards and forbidden haircuts, and buildings for usurious banks? And does the sin continue to affect the heirs and the deceased if the rental agreement was concluded before the father's death?