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Is it permissible to buy or sell an item with a guarantee?

Published as Buying Or Selling An Item With A Warranty

· 10 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1443 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Is it permissible to buy or sell an item with a guarantee?

Answer

It is permissible to buy or sell an item with a guarantee or with a warranty. However, it is not permissible to purchase or to sell the guarantee/warranty separately. Similarly, it is not permissible to purchase an extended warranty after purchasing the item.

Purchasing a separate warranty will fall in the category of a conventional insurance.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

و ان كان الشرط شرطا لايلائم العقد الاان الشرع ورد بجوازه كالخيار والاجل او لم يرد الشرع بجوازه ولكنه متعارفا كما اذا اشترى نعلا وشراكا على ان يحذوه البائع جاز البيع استحسانا كذا فى المحيط

(هنديه ٣/١٣٣)

Jadeed Fiqhi Masaa’il 374/1

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Mufti Muhammed Saeed Motara Saheb D.B.
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