Selling the goods to the buyer after purchasing them from the seller
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The questioner:
The sale becomes widespread; the seller’s agent brings the goods, which are not in stock, and says, “I want such-and-such goods,” and the seller buys them and then sells them to him. Some people say they sell in a widespread manner: the buyer comes, the seller does not have the goods in stock, and he says, “I want such-and-such goods,” but the seller does not buy them and then sells them to him. And it is said that the goods come, but it is known that the buyer is
The Shaykh:
And there is no harm in returning. If the sale takes place after the purchase, what is done? Merchants do this; merchants reserve goods to sell them. So if he says, “Yes, come back to me tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and you will find the goods,” or he goes and buys them and sells them, there is no harm. This is in the hadith of Hakim ibn Hizam, who said: He does not sell to him now; he says, “Come back tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or on such-and-such a day, until I bring it.” Yes.
The questioner:
If it remained with its owner, I bought rice for him while it was in the rice owner’s shop, and then I wanted to sell it in its place, so the rice owner bought it,
The Shaykh:
If he bought it for the capital or more, there is no harm; there is no trickery involved.
The questioner:
We do not obey.
The Shaykh:
If he bought it at cost, there is no harm, or at a higher price, there is no harm; its owner bought it. Like the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding dinars and dirhams:Sunan Abi Dawud 3354Da'if (Al-Albani), he said, “So he took the dirhams from the dinars; it is possible to transfer Sunan Abi Dawud 3354Da'if (Al-Albani) until you separate or something is between you.” As for selling to someone other than the owner, that is the point of consideration. If it can be moved, it is moved, because the Messenger prohibited selling goods until the merchants take them to their homes. But if they are large quantities that cannot be moved, resembling trade goods, resembling trade goods, or similar to shares that are not moved by mixing, possession is by mixing,
The sale becomes widespread; the seller’s agent brings the goods, which are not in stock, and says, “I want such-and-such goods,” and the seller buys them and then sells them to him. Some people say they sell in a widespread manner: the buyer comes, the seller does not have the goods in stock, and he says, “I want such-and-such goods,” but the seller does not buy them and then sells them to him. And it is said that the goods come, but it is known that the buyer is
The Shaykh:
And there is no harm in returning. If the sale takes place after the purchase, what is done? Merchants do this; merchants reserve goods to sell them. So if he says, “Yes, come back to me tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and you will find the goods,” or he goes and buys them and sells them, there is no harm. This is in the hadith of Hakim ibn Hizam, who said:
O Messenger of Allah, a man comes to me wanting the goods, so I sell it to him, and then I benefit from the thing? He said: No, do not sell what is not with you,
يا رسول الله الرجل يأتيني يريد السلعة فأبيعها لي ثم أتنفع الشيء؟ قال لا، لا ترمي ما ليس عندي،The questioner:
If it remained with its owner, I bought rice for him while it was in the rice owner’s shop, and then I wanted to sell it in its place, so the rice owner bought it,
The Shaykh:
If he bought it for the capital or more, there is no harm; there is no trickery involved.
The questioner:
We do not obey.
The Shaykh:
If he bought it at cost, there is no harm, or at a higher price, there is no harm; its owner bought it. Like the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding dinars and dirhams:
There is no harm in taking them at the current rate
لاَ بَأْسَ أَنْ تَأْخُذَهَا بِسَعْرِ يَوْمِهَاThere is no harm in taking them at the current rate so long as
لا بأس أن تأخذها بسعر يومها ما لم
Source
التعليق على إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، بداية من فصل ومن مكايده التي كاد بها الإسلام وأهله : الحيل والمكر والخداع — islamhouse.com (14:48)
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