Islamic Economics
Centre (DaruliftaAhlesunnat)
(Dawateislami -Darulifta
Ahle Sunnat)
Question
What do the respected Islamic scholar say concerning
the following: Is it permissible to buy a plot on Installments? Also, can one
impose a condition of fine in case of late payment of installments?
بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ
selling and purchasing a
plot on installments is permissible provided a fixed price and duration of the
payment has been mentioned. Also, there must not be such a violation of rules
of transaction which render a transaction impermissible. As per a general rule,
only that plot can be sold and purchased which exists (physically) and whose
location is known in such a way that if a customer stands there, he can have a
look on his plot and he can be told that this is your plot i.e.
it must not exist only on papers (or in files). Secondly, it should also not be
the case that a housing society exists, but the customer does not know which
plot belongs to him. Buying and selling in both these scenarios is impermissible.
Plot dealers typically
provide a chart detailing plot prices and payment schedules. This chart also
shows the amount of downpayment along with the other
details of monthly payments. It is a good practice as it
(specifies everything and) does not leave any confusion regarding the price of
a plot and duration of its payment.
However, if instead of
specifying a price for a plot and the duration of its payment, only different
price-packages were mentioned and none of them was finalized at the time of
concluding a deal, it would be impermissible. For instance, a dealer says, “if you pay all
your installments within a year, such and such will be the price and if you go
for two years plan such and such will be the price and if you opt for three
years plan such and such will be the price. In short you will have to pay
according to the package which your duration of payments falls in. This deal is
not permissible as neither price of a plot nor period of its payment is
specified whereas both these things must be specified in order for a deal to be
a valid deal.
Furthermore, for a deal
to be valid in terms of Shariah, it must not include a condition of imposing a
fine for late payment of installments. Because receiving a fine in this case is
riba and riba is Haram
(prohibited) in Islam.
It must be known that
concluding a deal without fixing the price of a plot or the duration of its
payment, or imposing the condition of fine is an impermissible and sinful
action. It is obligatory to end this deal and make a new contract if they want
to do this deal.
Regarding selling something
on installments, it is stated in the book Al-Majalla Al
Ahkam Al Adliyya:
”البیع مع تاجیل الثمن وتقسیطہ صحیح
، یلزم ان تکون المدۃ معلومۃ فی البیع بالتاجیل
والتقسیط“
Translation “A
transaction in which Saman (price) is deferred or is paid in installments is
valid but the duration of payment must be known in these cases.”(Al-Majalla
Al Ahkam Al Adliyya, page 50, Karachi)
Ala Hazrat
Imam-e-Ahle-Sunnat Al-sha Imam Ahmed Raza Khan (رحمۃ اللہ علیہ)
writes in Fatawa Razaviyya:
" التاجیل جائز کما
حققنا کل ذلک وما التنجیم الا نوع من التاجیل "
Translation: fixing a duration (in a sale) is permissible
as I have proved and paying in installments is also a kind of fixing a
duration. (Fatawa Razaviyya,
vol 17, page 493, Raza Foundation, Lahore)
It is written under the
conditions of valid sale in Fatawa Aalam-Giri:
" أن يكون المبيع معلوما
والثمن معلوما علما يمنع من المنازعة فبيع المجهول جهالة تفضي إليها غير صحيح
"
Translation: From
amongst the conditions which make a sale valid is that the subject of sale and
its price are known (i.e. clearly mentioned) and there
remains no room for any dispute. Therefore, a sale of an unknown subject whose
sale might lead (the parties) to a dispute is invalid. (Fatwa Aalam-Giri, Vol
03, page 03, Beirut)
Hujja Tul Islam Imam Abu
Bakar Ahmed bin Ali Razi Jassas Hanafi while
explaining the ruling regarding charging extra amount in case of late payment
of an installment under the verse 278
”وَذَرُوۡا مَا بَقِیَ مِنَ الرِّبٰۤوا“
from Suraha
Baqarah in third Para writes:
" حظر أن یؤخذ للأجل عوض ۔۔۔ولا
خلاف انہ لو کان علیہ الف درھم حالۃ فقال لہ اجلنی و ازیدک
فیھا مائۃ درھم لا یجوز لان المائۃ عوض من الاجل
"
Translation: it is prohibited to charge something against
a period. He further says: if one owes one thousand Dirham to someone and in order
to attain a respite from him gives him the following offer, “If you give me
some respite, I will pay you an extra amount of one hundred dirham.” This offer
is impermissible and there is no difference of opinion in impermissibility of
this because the extra amount of one hundred Dirham will be against the period.
(And charging against the period is impermissible.) (Ahkam-ul-Quran Lil-Jassas, Vol 02, page 186, Beirut)
Shams-ul-Aemmah Muhammad bin Ahmed
Al-Sarkhasi writes in Mabsoot:
”مقابلة الأجل بالدراهم ربا،
ألا ترى أن في الدين الحال لو زاده في المال ليؤجله لم يجز“
Translation: Charging
Dirham (other than the price) against a period is Riba.
Don’t you see if a debtor increases the amount of current credit (دین الحال)
so that the creditor gives him respite is impermissible? (Al-Mabsoot, Vol 13, page 126, Beirut)
Allamah Abul Hasan Ali
Bin Al-Husain Al-Hanfi while explaining the different examples of Ribah writes
in his Book “Al-Nutaf-Fil-Fatawa”
:” ان يبيع رجلا متاعا بالنسيئة فلما حل الاجل طالبه رب
الدين فقال المديون زدني في الاجل ازدك في الدراهم ففعل فان ذلك ربا“
Translation: If a man
sells goods on credit and when the time of payment comes and he demands his
money, the debtor offers him an extra
amount of Dirham provided he gives him further respite and the creditor accepts
this offer, it will be Ribah. (Al-Nutaf-Fil-Fatawa, page 485, Moassatur-Risalah,
Beirut)
Ala Hazrat
Imam-e-Ahle-Sunnat Al-sha Imam Ahmed Raza Khan (رحمۃ اللہ علیہ)
writes in Fatawa Razaviyya while
explaining the ruling regarding making a contract with an invalidating
condition (Shart-e-Fasid).
” و
کل شرط فاسد فھو یفسد البیع و کل بیع فاسد حرام واجب الفسخ علیٰ
کل من العاقدین فان لم یفسخا اثماً جمیعاً“
Translation: Every
invalidating condition (Sharte-Fasid) invalidates a
sale as well. Also, every Fasid (invalid) sale is
Haram and it is obligatory upon both parties to end this sale. If they do not
end, both will be sinful. (Fatawa Razaviyya, vol 17, page 160, Raza Foundation, Lahore)
Answered By: Abu Muhammad Mufti Ali Asghar
Attari Madani
Ref No: IEC-0011
Date: 22
Zeqadah-Til-Haram 1444 Hijri/ June 12, 2023
Translated
by Maulana Abdul wajid madani
وَاللہُ
اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَرَسُوْلُہ اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی
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