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What is the ruling on purchasing land designated for public facilities, and then manipulating its exemption from the master plan to sell it at a higher price?

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If the land is confiscated or in the process of being confiscated, the sale is considered as follows:

- If it is a real sale intended by both parties and not a sale of duress, then the sale is valid at the agreed-upon price.

- As for a sale of duress (a fictitious sale to circumvent the ruler's confiscation), it is invalid because there is no real intention for the sale, and the two sellers are like those who jest.

If the sale is valid, there is no impediment for the new owner to strive to free the land from confiscation, as he is averting harm from his property.

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