What is the status of the money that a friend will return, and is it permissible or forbidden, and how can this problem be solved and the rightful owner determined, knowing that the shop has been closed and empty for two months, and its owner is demanding the rest of his right, and the friend is keeping the equipment and wants the rest of the money?
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A lease is a binding contract through which the lessor owns the rent and the lessee owns the usufruct. It is not rescinded except upon the expiration of the term or for a legitimate reason. The advance rent and the remaining contract period are owned by the lessor. The lessee has the right to utilize the premises or sublease them to another for the remaining period, unless there is an agreement to rescind the contract. Whoever encroaches upon the lessor's property must return it, and whoever assists in the encroachment is a partner in sin and liability.
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