Terminating the lease

This chapter of al-Mawsua al-fiqhiyya examines the status of the lease contract (ijara) and its causes of annulment. The lease is an exchange contract that is, in principle, binding: the four schools agree that it only ends through a legitimate cause, not through the mere will of one party. The jurists then examine each cause in detail: the excuses that strike the lessor or the lessee, the loss or destruction of the leased object, the expiry of the term, mutual rescission (iqala), the death of one of the parties, and finally the sale of an object already leased.

Parts of this section

• Rescission of the lease for a legitimate excuse
• The destruction of the object of the lease contract
• The loss of the leased object