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What is the Sharia ruling on the clauses contained in a state-issued housing lease agreement, pertaining to the termination of the contract for non-payment of rent for six months, the annual review of the rent amount, the prohibition of subletting, the tenant's responsibility to report incidents, the implicit renewal of the contract, and the termination of the contract due to the tenant's non-compliance?

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The mentioned clauses do not appear to have any impediment, and most of them are stipulated conditions that bind the second party if they agree to them, based on the Almighty's saying: "O you who have believed, fulfill [all] contracts," and the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying: "Muslims are bound by their conditions, in what is lawful." Conditions that do not contradict Islamic law are valid in all contracts, and the general rule is that all conditions and settlements are fundamentally permissible, valid, and binding, as long as they do not contravene Islamic law. Regarding subletting, the condition prohibiting it is binding if the contract was made on the premise that the tenant would occupy the property himself.

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