The Ruling on Assigning a Forward Sale Debt to a Person Who Owes a Forward Sale
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Question : It is not permissible to sell a forward sale (salam) from its seller before taking possession of it.
Answer : This is also the correct view: that assigning the debt to him is permissible. It is not a sale, to the extent that people do not consider the assignment (hawalah) a sale. So if a person owes a Muslim one hundred sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), and another person asks the creditor for one hundred sa', and he says, "I assign you one hundred sa' against what is in the debtor's liability," what is the obstacle to that if he accepts?
Answer : This is also the correct view: that assigning the debt to him is permissible. It is not a sale, to the extent that people do not consider the assignment (hawalah) a sale. So if a person owes a Muslim one hundred sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), and another person asks the creditor for one hundred sa', and he says, "I assign you one hundred sa' against what is in the debtor's liability," what is the obstacle to that if he accepts?
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [4349] حكم الحوالة على من عليه سلم - تعليقات على الكافي لابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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