What is the ruling on selling a bag of vegetables without knowing its weight?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If I buy a bag full of vegetables from a vegetable seller, and he says it is for such-and-such amount of money, and we do not put it on the scale to know how much it weighs, is this sale valid?
Answer:
This is a sale by estimate (jazaaf), yes, this is a sale by estimate. A sale by estimate is permissible. You buy the pile of watermelons or of cucumbers, or of... a sale by estimate is permissible, there is nothing wrong with it. What is sold by weight is not sold by estimate; rather, it is sold by estimate, but on the condition that it is seen and apparent. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If I buy a bag full of vegetables from a vegetable seller, and he says it is for such-and-such amount of money, and we do not put it on the scale to know how much it weighs, is this sale valid?
Answer:
This is a sale by estimate (jazaaf), yes, this is a sale by estimate. A sale by estimate is permissible. You buy the pile of watermelons or of cucumbers, or of... a sale by estimate is permissible, there is nothing wrong with it. What is sold by weight is not sold by estimate; rather, it is sold by estimate, but on the condition that it is seen and apparent. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1187 -2802] ما حكم بيع كيس الخضار دون معرفة وزنه؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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