What is the meaning of the prohibition of two sales in one sale?
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Question:
This person is asking about the prohibition by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) of two sales in one sale. What is its meaning?
Answer:
Two sales in one sale have several forms, one of which is the buy-back sale ('inah). A person buys a commodity for a deferred price, then sells it back to the seller for a lower, immediate price, and takes possession of the second price. This is a stratagem to obtain riba (usury or interest), as if he sold deferred dirhams for immediate dirhams that are fewer in number, using the commodity as a means. It is riba in the form of a sale; riba in the form of a sale. This is forbidden.
Stratagems are not permissible for making lawful what Allah the Exalted has forbidden. Instead of giving you twenty riyals, he gives you ten riyals immediately for twenty riyals deferred. This is explicit riba: ten riyals for twenty riyals deferred is explicit riba. He says, "Let us not present it as such; let me sell you a commodity for twenty riyals deferred, and you buy it from me for ten riyals immediate." This is a stratagem to obtain riba. The sale is not the intended purpose; rather, the intended purpose is to reach riba. This is forbidden and not permissible. This is two sales in one sale. Yes.
This person is asking about the prohibition by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) of two sales in one sale. What is its meaning?
Answer:
Two sales in one sale have several forms, one of which is the buy-back sale ('inah). A person buys a commodity for a deferred price, then sells it back to the seller for a lower, immediate price, and takes possession of the second price. This is a stratagem to obtain riba (usury or interest), as if he sold deferred dirhams for immediate dirhams that are fewer in number, using the commodity as a means. It is riba in the form of a sale; riba in the form of a sale. This is forbidden.
Stratagems are not permissible for making lawful what Allah the Exalted has forbidden. Instead of giving you twenty riyals, he gives you ten riyals immediately for twenty riyals deferred. This is explicit riba: ten riyals for twenty riyals deferred is explicit riba. He says, "Let us not present it as such; let me sell you a commodity for twenty riyals deferred, and you buy it from me for ten riyals immediate." This is a stratagem to obtain riba. The sale is not the intended purpose; rather, the intended purpose is to reach riba. This is forbidden and not permissible. This is two sales in one sale. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما معنى النهي عن بيعتين في بيعة؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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