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A vendor imposed a condition that a prospective purchaser has to pay him some compensation if he does not buy

Question: 5232

They imposed a condition that if he did
not buy the product from them, he would have to pay them compensation if they sold it at a
loss. Is this an invalid condition? For example, he came and said, “I want to buy
such and such a product” and they said, “We will bring it from America and if
you do not buy it, and we sell it to someone else at a loss, you will have to compensate
us because you broke your promise.” Is this an invalid condition?

Answer

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.

We put this question to Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen, may Allaah preserve him, who answered as follows:

Yes, this is an invalid condition.

And Allâh knows best.

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Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

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