Debt and Loan: Seizing Land and Buildings to Recover Debt When Ownership Differs
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Debt and Loan: Seizing Land and Buildings to Recover Debt When Ownership Differs
English:
Question #1752:
Someone is owed a sum of money. He owns a plot of land. The building on the land is not his. Is it permissible for the creditors to seize both the land and the property to recover their debt?
Answer #1752:
They have no right to seize any property which does not belong to the debtor.
-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Debt and Loan