The Difference Between Salam and Salf
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Question:
The Shaykh’s case, may Allah correct him, is that he distinguished between salam and salam? And is it permissible for me to say
Answer:
between salam and salf. Salam is salf according to the scholars. In the custom of people in the past, salam and salf meant the same thing, but they say that salam is the term of the people of Hijaz and salf is the term of the people of Iraq, and the meaning is the same. As for the common people now, salf means a loan. For the common people now, salf means a loan. But salf in the Shari'ah means a debt: selling with the price paid in advance and the item delivered later. This is salf in the Shari'ah:Mishkat al-Masabih 2883 paying the price in advance and delaying the delivery of the item. This is salf in the Shari'ah. But for the common people now, salf is a loan. Yes.
The Shaykh’s case, may Allah correct him, is that he distinguished between salam and salam? And is it permissible for me to say
Answer:
between salam and salf. Salam is salf according to the scholars. In the custom of people in the past, salam and salf meant the same thing, but they say that salam is the term of the people of Hijaz and salf is the term of the people of Iraq, and the meaning is the same. As for the common people now, salf means a loan. For the common people now, salf means a loan. But salf in the Shari'ah means a debt: selling with the price paid in advance and the item delivered later. This is salf in the Shari'ah:
Those who pay in advance for anything must do so for a specified measure and weight with a specified time fixed.
مَنْ سلف فِي شَيْءٍ فَلْيُسْلِفْ فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُوم إِلَى أجل مَعْلُوم
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 11 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|البيوع|باب الربا|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (47:44)
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