What does a legal contract represent from a Sharia perspective?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
If the legal contract conforms to and does not contradict it, then it must be fulfilled, based on the Almighty's saying: {O you who have believed, fulfill [all] contracts}. However, if it contradicts Allah Almighty's ruling, then it is void and has no validity. In the : "Whatever condition is not in the Book of Allah is void, even if it were a hundred conditions," and "Muslims are bound by their conditions, except for a condition that prohibits what is lawful or permits what is unlawful."
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/90309
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 90309
- Added here
- . This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
- Text
- Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
- Read the full ruling
- Read the full answer on Ftawy