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Is it permissible for the questioning sister and her brother to mutually benefit from each other's apartments, with the sister's brother using her apartment for three years and the sister using her brother's apartment for nine years, knowing that the sister's apartment is larger and of higher value?

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It is permissible to agree upon the lease of a dwelling for dwelling, which is the preponderant opinion among the majority of scholars, contrary to Abu Hanifa. There is no harm in adding the lease to a future time, which is the preponderant opinion among the majority.

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