Ruling 2209 — Hiring/Renting (Ijārah)[1]

If the rented item is destroyed, the lessee is not responsible (ḍāmin) for it as long as he was neither negligent in safeguarding it nor excessive in using it. Similarly, if, for example, the cloth given to a tailor is destroyed, the tailor is not responsible for it as long as he was neither negligent in taking care of it nor excessive in using it.