A driver granting someone a concession

Question

Question: (1) I, the humble one, have been invited to a certain village to teach the Noble Qur’an. Among those who invited me is a man who is a bus driver. I was coming from Hyderabad with my family and luggage, and as it happened I had to board his bus. He said: “Do not buy a ticket for the luggage and so on, because I am a government driver, and so I too have certain rights from the department.

Answer

(1) You ought to have done exactly that. (2) One who, out of ignorance or despite knowing, grants an unjustified concession should be told the mas’ala, and one should also take care not to obtain an unjustified concession. (3) No burden lies upon you. (4) If that other driver has been given the authority by the owner, it is valid; otherwise not.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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