The Type and the Operative Cause in Riba
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The questioner:
Yes. This is what is required of it, look, or not.
The Shaykh:
The material that people deal in, whether it is iron, silver, paper, or another metal,
The questioner:
Now, regarding the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, how did the jurists derive the comprehensive knowledge?
The Shaykh:
The scholars took from it the measured and weighed items, gold and silver, the type and the weight, and they took from dates, barley, and salt, whether it was food that is measured, or a condiment for food like salt, and the like of types of grains that serve as a condiment, their ruling is their ruling, based on the hadith of Ma'mar ibn 'Abdullah in Sahih Muslim, where he said: So they took from the types of food, from the type of food, just as they took from gold and silver, while considering the operative cause, which is the monetary value in gold and silver, being an increase in price for goods and value for goods, and considering the measuring in dates and barley, while considering the food, combining between
Yes. This is what is required of it, look, or not.
The Shaykh:
The material that people deal in, whether it is iron, silver, paper, or another metal,
The questioner:
Now, regarding the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, how did the jurists derive the comprehensive knowledge?
The Shaykh:
The scholars took from it the measured and weighed items, gold and silver, the type and the weight, and they took from dates, barley, and salt, whether it was food that is measured, or a condiment for food like salt, and the like of types of grains that serve as a condiment, their ruling is their ruling, based on the hadith of Ma'mar ibn 'Abdullah in Sahih Muslim, where he said:
Food, food, like my two, he said, and our food at that time was barley
الطعام الطعام مثل مثلي، قال وكان طعامنا يومئذ الشعير
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح الجديد ]، باب الربا — islamhouse.com
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