Deposits and Loaned Properties: Liability for Goods Lost in a Factory Fire Held in Trust

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Deposits and Loaned Properties: Liability for Goods Lost in a Factory Fire Held in Trust

English:

Question #1808:

A fire gutted a factory. Among the losses were goods that were deposited in trust in the factory. Should the person in charge of the factory or its owner be made to pay compensation to the owners of these goods?

Answer #1808:

If the fire was not attributed to anybody’s action, nor was there negligence in safeguarding the deposited goods in the factory, no one should be made to pay compensation for the loss of goods.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Deposits and Loaned Properties