The Ruling on a Forward Sale of Bread with an Unspecified Duration and a Woman Riding with the Driver
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible?
Answer:
For someone to enter into a forward sale (salam) for bread for, say, five hundred riyals, with the price of the bread being one riyal, but the duration is not specified; rather, he says, "When the money runs out, the contract ends." This is not permissible. This is unknown. It must be specified. The duration must be specified, as well as what he gives each day. It must not be unknown, so that one does not know how many days it is, nor does one know the duration. No, it must be specified.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible?
Answer:
For someone to enter into a forward sale (salam) for bread for, say, five hundred riyals, with the price of the bread being one riyal, but the duration is not specified; rather, he says, "When the money runs out, the contract ends." This is not permissible. This is unknown. It must be specified. The duration must be specified, as well as what he gives each day. It must not be unknown, so that one does not know how many days it is, nor does one know the duration. No, it must be specified.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/84 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (24:52)
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