Rahina and Sarout Real-Estate Arrangements - Jurisprudential Answers - Miscellaneous Issues, Vol 4
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Question 175
I want to ask about the religious ruling on two real-estate arrangements. First, what is called a 'rahina': the tenant lends the homeowner a certain sum of money, and in return the owner rents the house to him for a rent much lower than the normal market rent; when the rental period ends, the owner returns the amount originally lent. Is this permissible? Second, what is called 'sarout': an old tenant-whose rent is very low compared with normal rent because the tenancy began long ago-sells his tenancy right to a new tenant, usually for about one fifth of the property's value, either with or without informing the owner, while the tenancy remains open-ended at the old rent. What is the ruling?
Ahmed al-Hasan Response:
The first arrangement is permissible. As for the second, if the old tenant originally paid the owner a specific amount in exchange for entering into a lease at a fixed rent that would not change, then he has a right that he may sell. But if he is merely an old tenant, he has no such right.
Source: Jurisprudential Answers - Miscellaneous Issues, Vol 4; Author: Imam Ahmed Al-Hasan; Question 175; Page Not available; FIQH-MISC-V4-Q175. View Arabic source · Open the original Arabic source ↗
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- ↑ Ahmed Al-Hasan. Jurisprudential Answers - Miscellaneous Issues, Vol 4. Question 175; Page Not available. FIQH-MISC-V4-Q175. View Arabic source
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Ahmed Al-Hasan. Jurisprudential Answers - Miscellaneous Issues, Vol 4. Question: 175. Page: Not available. FIQH-MISC-V4-Q175. https://ahmedalhasan.org/ar/Library/BookContent/100