Hiring/Renting: Responsibility of a Hired Person for Destroyed Property

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Ayatullah Sistani

Ruling 2210

Whenever a hired person, such as a tailor or craftsman, wants to perform a task with the property of the hirer, and he destroys the property that he takes, he is responsible for it.

-Ayatullah Sistani, Practical Laws of Islam, Hiring/Renting (Ijarah)