Definition of Salam Sales and Their Conditions
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Question:
And may Allah bless you. Among the questions that came in on the program, this questioner asks about salam sales. He says: What is an example of it? A salam
Answer:
A salam is a permissible contract. An example of it is paying money in advance to someone who will deliver a commodity or commodities to him at a specific time. For instance, paying one riyal or ten thousand riyals to someone who will deliver a car to him after four months or after a year, with such and such specifications, or delivering a quantity of food, dates, fabrics, or other goods defined by description. So, salam is the advance payment of the price and the advance delivery of the item. It is required that the price be paid in the session of the contract, that the item be defined by characteristics that distinguish it, that its quantity be known, and that its term be known. Yes. May Allah reward you and bless you.
And may Allah bless you. Among the questions that came in on the program, this questioner asks about salam sales. He says: What is an example of it? A salam
Answer:
A salam is a permissible contract. An example of it is paying money in advance to someone who will deliver a commodity or commodities to him at a specific time. For instance, paying one riyal or ten thousand riyals to someone who will deliver a car to him after four months or after a year, with such and such specifications, or delivering a quantity of food, dates, fabrics, or other goods defined by description. So, salam is the advance payment of the price and the advance delivery of the item. It is required that the price be paid in the session of the contract, that the item be defined by characteristics that distinguish it, that its quantity be known, and that its term be known. Yes. May Allah reward you and bless you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/249 — archive.org (10:54)
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