Question: A person rents a property and hires it out to someone else for a larger sum. Can this be done? What does the Shariah say about this? If this is not possible, then what other permissible option does the Shariah provide? Answer: The jurists have described in detail this situation of taking something on hire and hiring it out to someone else. They have described the following cases in it. a) Hiring out a rented place to someone else is permissible if the rent of this place is equal to or less than the rent fixed by the owner […]