Goodwill to outgoing tenant
Question
Is it permissible for an outgoing tenant to charge the new tenant an amount as goodwill which they call پگڑی for taking over the premises? The money is not paid to the Landlord but paid to old tenant for occupying the premise.
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
It is not permissible for the outgoing tenant to charge the new tenant any amount as Goodwill. [1]
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Safwaan Ibn Ml Ahmed Ibn Ibrahim
Student Darul Iftaa
Limbe, Malawi
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
الأشباه والنظائر - حنفي (ص: 233) – المكتبة الشاملة
الحقوق المجردة لا يجوز الاعتياض عنها كحق الشفعة فلو صالح عنه بمال بطلت ورجع به ولو صالح المخيرة بمال لتختاره بطل ولا شيء لها ولو صالح إحدى زوجتيه بمال لتترك نوبتها لم يلزم ولا شيء لها هكذا ذكروه في الشفعة
فتاوى عثمانى، ج 3، ص 405 - مفتي تقى عثمانى
فتاوى رحیمیہ، ج 9، ص 285 -284 ، 218
احسن الفتاوی (7/302) – سعید
کفایۃ المفتی (7/316) - اشاعت
- Answered by
- Safwaan Ibn Ml Ahmed Ibn Ibrahim
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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