The issue of adding dates to the sale of gold containing gemstones
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is there an issue regarding adding dates? What is found now in gold shops, where some of the gold contains...
The Shaykh:
The most important issue.
The questioner:
Adding dates, adding dates, dates, dates. He says: Is there an issue regarding adding dates? What is found now in gold shops, where some of the gold contains gemstones, so one buys the gold with its gemstones for riyals, on the assumption that money and gold are of the same type,
The Shaykh:
Yes, this is an issue of riba. If he sells jewelry for riyals, and the jewelry has gemstones, he has sold riba for another riba with an increase. But note, because if he sells gold for dirhams, the type differs, so it is permissible for the gold to have gemstones; there is no sale [of like for like], but if he sells gold for gold, and with the gold [is] one of the two golds, specifically this is what is not sufficient. However, if he sells gold for dirhams, there is no harm even if the gold has gemstones, because it is of a different type; the type has changed.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is there an issue regarding adding dates? What is found now in gold shops, where some of the gold contains...
The Shaykh:
The most important issue.
The questioner:
Adding dates, adding dates, dates, dates. He says: Is there an issue regarding adding dates? What is found now in gold shops, where some of the gold contains gemstones, so one buys the gold with its gemstones for riyals, on the assumption that money and gold are of the same type,
The Shaykh:
Yes, this is an issue of riba. If he sells jewelry for riyals, and the jewelry has gemstones, he has sold riba for another riba with an increase. But note, because if he sells gold for dirhams, the type differs, so it is permissible for the gold to have gemstones; there is no sale [of like for like], but if he sells gold for gold, and with the gold [is] one of the two golds, specifically this is what is not sufficient. However, if he sells gold for dirhams, there is no harm even if the gold has gemstones, because it is of a different type; the type has changed.
Source
شرح زاد المستقنع [49] — alfawzan.live (1:14:55)
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