Paying a tenant to move out to avoid further losses

Q: I have a tenant who is several months in arrears. In order to get the tenant out and avoid further losses, I tell the tenant that if you find another premises and move out within a month, I will pay you R5000. Is such an agreement permissible? 

A: If the tenant is being unfair and there is no other way to save yourself from his dishonesty then it is allowed. 

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

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)