Cancelling A Lease

It is permissible for a person to cancel a lease transaction due to valid Shar’ee reasons. A few of  them are listed below:

– If a person hires a shop to initiate a business and thereafter becomes a pauper then it will be permissible for him to cancel the lease transaction.

– If a person hires an animal for traveling and then decides not to travel then it will be permissible for him to cancel the lease transaction.

– If a person hires a house and the building collapses then it will be permissible for him to cancel the lease transaction.

– If a person hires a house in an area and then he intends shifting to another area then it will be permissible for him to cancel the lease transaction.