Brokerage and Brokerage Fees

“About the case of a broker who shows houses and assets for a certain amount of fee, abu al-Hassan (a.s.), said it is not unlawful.’”

“Once abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), was asked, when I was listening, ‘We order a man to buy land, slave, a house or a servant for us and assign a certain amount for him. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not unlawful.’”

“I once bought a slave-girl for abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), and he (the Imam) gave me four dinars but I declined. He (the Imam) said, ‘You must take it’ and I took it and he (the Imam) said, ‘You must not take anything from…

“Once, a man asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), when I was listening, ‘We perhaps order a man to buy for us land, house, slave or slave-girl and assign for him a certain amount. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not unlawful.’”

“They have said that abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘Payment for brokerage fee to a broker who buys goods for people day after day is not unlawful.’”