The ruling on exchanging gold for gold with the payment of the difference in value
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person wants to exchange gold for gold, and when the seller comes, he gives him the difference between the two values, but he has not yet received the price, is this permissible?
The Shaykh:
If he wants.
The questioner:
If a person wants to exchange gold for gold, and when the seller comes, he gives him the difference between the two values, but he has not yet received the price,
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible if he wants to exchange gold for gold. Equality is required; he must give him gold equal to the gold he wants, by weight, exactly what is due to him. If this is low-grade gold and he wants high-grade gold, as mentioned before, he sells the low-grade gold for dirhams. Once he receives the dirhams, he buys the high-grade gold with them.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person wants to exchange gold for gold, and when the seller comes, he gives him the difference between the two values, but he has not yet received the price, is this permissible?
The Shaykh:
If he wants.
The questioner:
If a person wants to exchange gold for gold, and when the seller comes, he gives him the difference between the two values, but he has not yet received the price,
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible if he wants to exchange gold for gold. Equality is required; he must give him gold equal to the gold he wants, by weight, exactly what is due to him. If this is low-grade gold and he wants high-grade gold, as mentioned before, he sells the low-grade gold for dirhams. Once he receives the dirhams, he buys the high-grade gold with them.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/74 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (53:19)
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