Partnership in a Vehicle is partnership of Assets
প্রশ্ন · Question
Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem,
Assalamu Alaikum... honorable Scholar Sheikh Abu Yasin, after greetings:
In the property company, if two people purchase a transport vehicle
for profit purpose;
1. It is allowed for the partners to sell the vehicle, and the profit is
distributed between them according to their agreement, and the loss
is according to the ratio of their shares.
2. It is allowed for one of the partners to hire his partner’s share to
work on the vehicle.
3. It is allowed for the partners to hire a driver for them, and the
profit is distributed between them according to the agreement, and
the loss is according to the ratio of their shares. And the company
then is the company of assets.
4. It is allowed for the two partners to agree on one of them to work
on the vehicle, and the profit is distributed between them according
to the agreement and the loss is according to the ratio of their
shares. And the company then is the company of body and capital
(Mudharaba).
5. It is allowed for the partners to agree that both work on the
vehicle, on alternate days for example, and the profit is distributed
between them according to their agreement and the loss is according
to the ratio of their shares. And the company then is the company of
assets.
6. But is it allowed for the two partners to hire one another to work
on the vehicle for a defined amount, then distribute the profits
between them after the deduction of the defined wage, and the
expenses of the vehicle of fuel, damages, fines etc.?
If the answer is: (Yes), under which company this transaction falls?
In other words, is it permissible for a partner to be a partner with the
body and an employee at the same time?
Note that he may be a partner with capital and an employee at the
same time, like a worker employed in a grocery opened by his
partner, the body (Mudharib).
উত্তর · Answer
Wa Alaikum Assalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh,
For the partnership in the vehicle, this falls under the companies of
assets, and does not fall under the companies of contract, so it is not
called Al-Mudharaba (two or more), and it is not called the company
of Al -’Inan (equal), nor any type of company contracts because the
subject of the company is the asset, namely the vehicle, not the
effort. Therefore, it is allowed that one of the partners to be a driver
of a vehicle and takes a wage in addition to his share of the profit,
after deducting the wage, i .e., the profits are collected, the fare of
the driver partner is paid, and the rest of the profit is distributed
between the partners according to their agreement.
- Thus, some of the things that you mentioned are not accurate, you
said:
(It is allowed for one of the partners to hire his partner’s share to
work on the vehicle.) This is inaccurate, because the word "hire his
partner’s share" is not a reality, for he is a partner in the vehicle and
is employed as a driver, and it is not said that he hired his partner’s
share...
- And you said: (It is allowed for the two partners to agree on one of
them to work on the vehicle, and the profit is distributed between
them according to the agreement and the loss is according to the
ratio of their shares. And the company then is the company of body
and capital (Mudharaba)). And this is also wrong because the person
working on the vehicle is an employee, and has a wage taken before
the distribution of the profit, and the company remains the company
of assets "Aa’yan" because the subject of the company is the work of
the vehicle, thus the contract is based on it.
In conclusion, the partnership in the vehicle is a company of assets,
and it is allowed for the company to hire a driver from non -partners
to drive the vehicle, as well as it is permissible that one of the
partners to work as a driver of the vehicle with a fixed wage
deducted from the profits before distributing them...
Your brother,
Abu Yasin
19th Rajab 1438 AH
16/04/2017 CE