Selling good dates for medium dates with a difference in quantity
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it valid for me to sell one kilo of good dates for two kilos of medium dates, provided we take possession of them?
Answer:
This is riba (usury or interest) and is not permissible. Dates are of one type, so a difference in quantity is not permissible. But sell the inferior dates and buy with their price the good dates, as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) guided when a man came to him with good dates from Khaybar. He said (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih Muslim 1593a. Bulugh al-Maram 7:68 Oh, oh, this is the very essence of riba. meaning good, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it valid for me to sell one kilo of good dates for two kilos of medium dates, provided we take possession of them?
Answer:
This is riba (usury or interest) and is not permissible. Dates are of one type, so a difference in quantity is not permissible. But sell the inferior dates and buy with their price the good dates, as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) guided when a man came to him with good dates from Khaybar. He said (peace and blessings be upon him):
Are all the dates of Khaibar like this? He said: Allah's Messenger, it is not so.
أكل تمر خيبر هكذا؟ قال لاWe take one Sa' of this kind for two, and even for three (of lesser quality). So
ناخذ الصاع من هذا بالصاعين والثلاثة. قالSell the mixed dates for dirhams, then buy with the dirhams the pure ones.
بع الجمع بالدراهم ثم اشتر بالدراهم جنيبا
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب الإيصاء بما يدخله النيابة من خلافة وعتاقة ومحاكمة في نسب وغيره — islamhouse.com (1:01:20)
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