Accepting money to cancel an offer one made to purchase a property

Q: I have a signed an offer to purchase a property. The process of transfer has not yet started. Someone now wants to buy the property and he is offering me an amount of money to cancel the offer to purchase. Is it permissible for me to accept the money?

A: It is not right.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

 

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)