Al-Sharḥ al-Mumtiʿ - Ibn al-'Uthaymin - (10/40)

Al-Sharḥ al-MumtiʿIbn al-'Uthaymin

with workers who carry out the work stipulated in the contract for less than one quarter of what the company agreed upon with the government. This is permissible unless the intended purpose differs with respect to the person hired. If it differs, then this is not permissible.

For example, suppose you hire someone to copy Zād al-Mustaqniʿ, knowing that his handwriting is good and that he makes few mistakes. May he then hire someone with beautiful handwriting to copy it for less than the wage for which you hired him? The scholars say that this is not permissible, because what matters is not merely copying and fine handwriting; rather, it includes fine handwriting, proper punctuation and markings, and correct spelling. How many people have exceptionally beautiful handwriting, yet in spelling they write, “not of those against whom You are wrathful, nor of those who are astray” [al-Fātiḥah: 7], using the letter ẓāʾ in place of ḍād in both instances. This is a spelling error. Many students have beautiful handwriting but possess no sound grounding in spelling, while many people have poor handwriting, which no one can read except those accustomed to it, yet they are good at spelling. In any case, wherever the intended purpose differs, no one may appoint another person in his place.

The leasing of an endowment is valid. If the lessor dies and it passes to the one after him, the lease is not dissolved, ...

His statement: “The leasing of an endowment is valid.” An endowment is an asset whose usufruct has been dedicated and whose principal has been retained. Among people, it is called a charitable dedication.

For example, a person endows his house, saying, “This is an endowment for the poor.” The house then remains and may not be sold, while its rental income or use as a residence belongs to the poor. Another person may say, “This house is an endowment for my children.” His children cannot now sell it, because it is an endowment whose principal is retained; but they may benefit from it by residing in it, renting it out, and the like. Thus, an endowment may be leased. The author, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “The leasing of an endowment is valid,” not merely to explain to us that the leasing of

بعمال يقومون بما تم عليه العقد بأقل من ربع ما اتفقت الشركة مع الحكومة عليه، إلا إذا كان الغرض يختلف بالنسبة للمستَأجَر، فإذا كان يختلف فهذا لا يجوز، مثل: إنسان استأجرته لينسخ لك زاد المستقنع، وتعرف أن الرجل خطه جيد وأن خطأه قليل، فاستأجر إنساناً خطه جميل يخطه بأقل مما أجرته به؟ يقول العلماء: إنه لا يجوز؛ لأن العبرة بالنسخ وليس بجمال الخط فحسب، ولكن بجمال الخط ووضع الفواصل والعلامات والإملاء، كم من إنسان خطه من أجمل الخطوط لكن في الإملاء يكتب ﴿غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ﴾ [الفاتحة: ٧] بالظاء المُشَالَة في الموضعين فهذا خطأ في الإملاء، وكثير من الطلاب خطوطهم جميلة لكن في الإملاء ليس عندهم قاعدة، وكثير من الناس خطه رديء ولا يعرف قراءته إلا من تمرَّن عليه ولكنه في الإملاء جيد، المهم على كل حال ما يختلف فيه الغرض لا يجوز لأحد أن يقيم مقامه غيره. وَتَصِحُّ إِجَارَةُ الوَقْفِ، فَإِنْ مَاتَ المُؤَجِّرُ وَانْتَقَلَ إِلَى مَنْ بَعْدَهُ لَمْ تَنْفَسِخْ، ...... قوله: «وتصح إجارة الوقف» الوقف هو العين التي سُبِّلت منفعتها وحُبِّس أصلها، ويسمى عند الناس السبيل. مثاله: إنسان أوقف بيته قال: هذا وقف على الفقراء، فإن البيت يبقى ولا يباع وأجرته أو سكناه للفقراء، وشخص آخر قال: هذا البيت وقف على أولادي، وأولاده الآن لا يمكن أن يبيعوه؛ لأنه وقف محبوس لكن يمكن أن ينتفعوا به بالسكنى أو بالتأجير أو ما أشبه ذلك، فالوقف تجوز إجارته، والمؤلف ﵀ قال: «وتصح إجارة الوقف» لا لمجرد أن يبين لنا أن إجارة