Friday 10 April 2026 – 03:59 PM
Dr. Nazir Ayyad, the Mufti of the Republic, answered a question he received from a citizen, which read: What is the ruling on the car user being liable for the traffic violation he committed? I leave the car key to the doorman every week so he can clean it from the inside, then I discovered that he was using it before returning the key to me, and he committed a traffic violation with it. Is it permissible for me to include this violation and take its value from him, or not?
The Mufti said on Dar’s official website Fatwa Egyptian: Delivering the car to a specific person for a specific purpose does not give him the right to use it in violation of the authorized purpose. Unauthorized use is considered an infringement on the owner’s right, and he bears responsibility for compensation for any damage resulting from his action, in accordance with the jurisprudential principle and the relevant civil laws.
He continued: As long as the person mentioned in the question took advantage of the opportunity of being alone in the car to wash and clean it, and he drove it surreptitiously without permission from its owner, and was not a passenger with him or obligated to supervise him – then he is the one who committed the violation, and is considered a guarantor of it, whether he intentionally committed it or not.
