A month ago my husband and I bought an air-conditioner from Sams Club, which we did not open or use. Since then we have moved to a new rental house where we cannot use this. I want to return it with the receipt. My husband thinks its against shariah to return it as there is nothing wrong with it and he also thinks that maybe someone else would have bought it. Since in this country things can be returned with receipt or they give us credit for the store is this allowed in shariah.
In Shariah, it is not obligatory on the seller to take any merchandise back after a sale has been concluded. If he takes it back voluntarily, based upon his own personal policy then that is also OK; but if he refuses he has the right to do so. That doesn’t mean that the buyer cannot return a piece of merchandise; it just means that the seller is not obligated to take it back, and the buyer cannot force the seller to take the merchandise back by saying that you (the seller) have to take this object back because I don’t want it anymore. If the seller agrees then it would be permissible, if not, then not.
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