What is the ruling on selling boxes for a specific price at the ports, when it is not known what is inside them?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: There are boxes sold for a specific price at the ports. They are sold at the ports.
Answer:
What are they? The ports. Ports means the plural of port. Boxes are sold for a specific price, and it is not known what merchandise is inside them; it may be clothing, or it may be something else. This is unknown. It is not permissible to sell wrapped or sealed items until what is inside them is known, except for food that is inside it, which would be ruined if opened, such as a watermelon; this is sold. As for something that is not harmed if opened, it is not permissible to sell it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: There are boxes sold for a specific price at the ports. They are sold at the ports.
Answer:
What are they? The ports. Ports means the plural of port. Boxes are sold for a specific price, and it is not known what merchandise is inside them; it may be clothing, or it may be something else. This is unknown. It is not permissible to sell wrapped or sealed items until what is inside them is known, except for food that is inside it, which would be ruined if opened, such as a watermelon; this is sold. As for something that is not harmed if opened, it is not permissible to sell it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1604 -3022] ما حكم بيع الصناديق بقيمة معينة في المواني ولا يدرى ما بداخلها؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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