Is it permissible to rent property that cannot be handed over to the renter?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Leasing

Book 25 · Issue 2 · Bab 1

Open in Qurani

Primary text

Renting is impermissible for property whose possession cannot be delivered to the renter. This includes a runaway slave (Abiq), a stray camel, a wild animal, or property wrongfully seized (Maghsoob) from which the renter cannot take possession from the usurper, because the object of the contract cannot be delivered.