The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No.1853- If a person is hired for doing some work without reciting a formula, the hire contract will be in order as soon as he starts doing that work at the request of the party involved.

Issue No.1854- A person who is not able to speak if he makes it known with indication that he has given or taken a property on lease for a certain amount and for a specific period, it will be in order.

Issue No.1855- A person who has taken a house or a shop or any other thing on lease, cannot lease it out to any other person, unless such a right has been given to him.

Issue No.1856- A person who has taken a house, a shop or a room on lease, and has the right to sublet it to someone else, cannot sublet it for a higher amount than that, unless he has carried out some work on it (e.g., repairing, white washing, or placing a cupboard or carpeting it) in which case, he takes the extra amount for the work.

Issue No.1857- If a labourer or a person is hired and employed by someone, the hirer cannot lease out his services to another person, unless it is understood from his words or action that the hirer has the option to do so. Then, in such a case, it is not permissible as an obligatory precaution, if he takes more money than the agreed wage for the hired person. However, this is permissible in cases other than a house, shop and a hired person.

Issue No.1858- The following conditions should be acquired in the property given on lease:1) It should be specified. Hence, if a person says, “I give one of my houses or one of my cars on lease,” it is not in order.2) The person taking the property on lease should see it, or the owner should describe its features completely.3) It should be possible to deliver it. Hence, leasing out a horse which has run away that the hirer cannot get hold of will be void.4) The property should not perish or be consumed through its utilisation. Hence, it is not correct to give bread or fruits on lease.5) It should be possible to utilise the property for the purpose for which it has been given on lease. Hence, it is void to give a land on lease for farming, which cannot be cultivated or does not have sufficient water for irrigation.6) The item which a person gives on lease should be his own property or he should have authority on behalf of its owner in leasing it out.

Issue No.1859- It is in order to give a tree, farm, or a pasture on lease for utilising its fruit and grass, respectively.

Issue No.1860- A woman can be hired for her milk, and it is not necessary for her to get her husband’s permission. However, if her husband’s right is affected owing to her giving milk (to the child of another person), she cannot take up the job without the permission of her husband.

Issue No.1861- The benefits for which the property is given on lease carries four conditions:1) It should be halal. Hence, leasing out a shop or a car for the sale of alcoholic drinks or transportation of alcoholic drinks, respectively, is void.2) Paying money for such services should not be futile in the eyes of the public.3) If the item which is being leased out can be used in different ways, the use(s) for which the lessee is permitted should be specified. For example if an animal which can be used for riding or for carrying loads, is given on hire it should be specified whether the lessee may use it for riding or carrying loads, or for either uses.4) The period of lease or hire should also be specified.

Issue No.1862- If the time of commencement of a lease is not specified it commences after the recitation of the formula of lease or after taking possession of the property.

Issue No.1863- If a house is leased out, for example, for one year, and it is stipulated that the period of lease will commence one month after the recitation of the formula, the lease contract is in order, even if another lessee is in possession of the house at the time of reciting the formula.

Issue No.1864- If the lessor says to the lessee, “I have leased out this house to you for one month on a rent of £500.00, and so long as you stay in it thereafter the rent will be the same”, the lease will be in order only for the first month, because the rest has not been specified. However, if the first month is not specified also, and he only says that the rent is £500.00 a month, the lease is completely void.