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Am I entitled to claim financial compensation for a seven-year delay in the delivery of the apartment that the property owner intended to convert into a hospital, especially given that I suffered losses from being unable to sell or rent it during this period?

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If the contracting party caused you harm by terminating the contract, you have the right to demand its removal and compensation for actual, not hypothetical, losses, based on the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying: "There shall be no harm or reciprocating harm," and the jurisprudential rule: "Harm shall be removed." Intentional delay and procrastination by the property owner are not permissible in Islamic law. Specialists in Islamic jurisprudence have not yet issued a new fatwa regarding compensation for debtors' procrastination; however, the fatwas we issue are not binding, and a binding ruling is issued by the Sharia court.

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