What is the ruling on agreeing to take a specific amount as profit if the partner is late in building the house agreed upon within the specified period, given that I am a merchant and invest money?
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We understand from the question that the questioner will contribute money and his partner will build the house. The questioner stipulated the return of his money and a known profit if the house is not built within a year. This condition is not permissible because it contradicts the essence of partnership and includes a guarantee of capital and a known profit, and making one partner's share a known amount of money invalidates the partnership.
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