Salam in Bread Without Specifying the Duration
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to enter into a salam contract for bread for, say, five hundred riyals, with the price of the bread being one riyal? Or is it permissible to specify the duration, but the duration was not specified; rather, he said, "When the amount is finished, the contract is finished"? Is this permissible?
Answer:
No, this is not permissible. This is unknown. It is necessary to specify the duration, to specify what he takes from you each day. It must not be unknown. He does not know what he will take from you today, nor does he know the duration. No, it is necessary to specify what is taken each day, to specify the duration, and to specify the price. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to enter into a salam contract for bread for, say, five hundred riyals, with the price of the bread being one riyal? Or is it permissible to specify the duration, but the duration was not specified; rather, he said, "When the amount is finished, the contract is finished"? Is this permissible?
Answer:
No, this is not permissible. This is unknown. It is necessary to specify the duration, to specify what he takes from you each day. It must not be unknown. He does not know what he will take from you today, nor does he know the duration. No, it is necessary to specify what is taken each day, to specify the duration, and to specify the price. Yes.
Source
شرح زاد المستقنع [52] — alfawzan.live (1:23:16)
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