Buying and Selling: Ruling on Removing Fixtures from Property After Sale

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Buying and Selling: Ruling on Removing Fixtures from Property After Sale

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Question #1570:

A person sold some property. After the sale was concluded, he took away the electric bulbs, the boiler, and the like. What is the ruling in this matter?

Answer #1570:

If the chattel was, according to common view, not part of the property and the buyer did not stipulate in the contract that the vendor was not to take the items away, there is no objection to his removing them.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Buying and Selling