The Ruling on Differing Quantities in the Sale of Shells
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, I would like you to clarify this phrase: if there is a difference in these shells, sell them however you wish in like-for-like exchanges.
Answer:
If it is hand-to-hand, meaning if he sells wheat for barley, he may sell however he wishes, in equal quantities or differing quantities, but with the condition of differing quantities. If he sells dates for raisins, is this difference permissible? He sells ten sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of dates for twenty sa' of wheat, or the reverse. The difference is permissible, but with the condition that the difference occurs in the meeting place. If the genus is the same, two things are forbidden: deferment and excess. If the genus differs, one thing is forbidden and one is permissible: deferment is forbidden and difference is permissible. This is the rule. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, I would like you to clarify this phrase: if there is a difference in these shells, sell them however you wish in like-for-like exchanges.
Answer:
If it is hand-to-hand, meaning if he sells wheat for barley, he may sell however he wishes, in equal quantities or differing quantities, but with the condition of differing quantities. If he sells dates for raisins, is this difference permissible? He sells ten sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of dates for twenty sa' of wheat, or the reverse. The difference is permissible, but with the condition that the difference occurs in the meeting place. If the genus is the same, two things are forbidden: deferment and excess. If the genus differs, one thing is forbidden and one is permissible: deferment is forbidden and difference is permissible. This is the rule. Yes.
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