The sale of dates and taking good dates for the price owed in the debt
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a man sells inferior dates and does not receive the price, then he says to the buyer, give me good dates for the price that is in your debt to me,
The Shaykh:
If. Yes.
The questioner:
If a man sells poor-quality dates and does not receive the price, then he says to the buyer, "Give me good dates for the price you owe me," is that permissible?
The Shaykh:
No, he must receive the money, he must receive the money.
The questioner:
then.
The Shaykh:
He buys with that from the seller or from someone else; the money must be received. Because he did not resort to a trick for this. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a man sells inferior dates and does not receive the price, then he says to the buyer, give me good dates for the price that is in your debt to me,
The Shaykh:
If. Yes.
The questioner:
If a man sells poor-quality dates and does not receive the price, then he says to the buyer, "Give me good dates for the price you owe me," is that permissible?
The Shaykh:
No, he must receive the money, he must receive the money.
The questioner:
then.
The Shaykh:
He buys with that from the seller or from someone else; the money must be received. Because he did not resort to a trick for this. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/76 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (38:04)
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