Purchasing the fruit of a farm in advance for two years
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the ruling on purchasing the fruit of a specific farm in advance for one or two years, where the buyer comes and says to the owner of the farm, “I am buying this harvest that will come in this year and the next year”?
Answer:
This is not permissible. This is selling something unknown and non-existent. However, if it is a salam (forward sale), where he gives him dirhams and says, “When the crops and palm trees bear fruit, deliver to me what corresponds to this,” that is permissible. In a salam, it is permissible to pay the price in advance and delay the delivery of the item. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the ruling on purchasing the fruit of a specific farm in advance for one or two years, where the buyer comes and says to the owner of the farm, “I am buying this harvest that will come in this year and the next year”?
Answer:
This is not permissible. This is selling something unknown and non-existent. However, if it is a salam (forward sale), where he gives him dirhams and says, “When the crops and palm trees bear fruit, deliver to me what corresponds to this,” that is permissible. In a salam, it is permissible to pay the price in advance and delay the delivery of the item. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 26-06-1438 هـ — af.org.sa (52:29)
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