Placing the good fruits at the top of the basket and the bad ones at the bottom
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Fatwa number ( 11729 )
Q: We have fruits, such as figs, and we gather the figs after they ripen in baskets made of palm branches. We put the clean figs, and we label them number one. As for the second, they make the large fruit on the outside visible and the small ones inside the basket
not visible, but they are even, meaning ripe, and it is known to the buyer that the figs are number two. Is this called deception or is it not deception? And when the fruits inside the basket ripen, and we do not arrange them, meaning we do not pack them and fix them, and if we do not fix them, no one buys them, and if someone buys them, they buy them at a low price. What do you advise us? Knowing that everyone in my village does this act. Also, I inform you that the word "sabt" for us is: the container in which the figs are packed, and it is made of palm fronds. Please inform us, may Allah reward you, and I ask Him for your well-being in this world and the Hereafter.
A: Placing the small fruits at the bottom of the basket (box) and the large ones at the top is deception, and it is forbidden. It is established that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 2225Da'if (Darussalam) .
Q: We have fruits, such as figs, and we gather the figs after they ripen in baskets made of palm branches. We put the clean figs, and we label them number one. As for the second, they make the large fruit on the outside visible and the small ones inside the basket
not visible, but they are even, meaning ripe, and it is known to the buyer that the figs are number two. Is this called deception or is it not deception? And when the fruits inside the basket ripen, and we do not arrange them, meaning we do not pack them and fix them, and if we do not fix them, no one buys them, and if someone buys them, they buy them at a low price. What do you advise us? Knowing that everyone in my village does this act. Also, I inform you that the word "sabt" for us is: the container in which the figs are packed, and it is made of palm fronds. Please inform us, may Allah reward you, and I ask Him for your well-being in this world and the Hereafter.
A: Placing the small fruits at the bottom of the basket (box) and the large ones at the top is deception, and it is forbidden. It is established that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever cheats us is not one of us.
من غشنا فليس منا
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