The ruling on selling poor-quality dates for dirhams and then buying good-quality dates with them
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible for a person who has poor-quality dates to sell them for dirhams to someone who wants to buy good-quality dates from him, so that he takes the dirhams from him and then gives them to him to buy good-quality dates from him?
Answer:
There is no harm in that. If he takes the dirhams, he may buy with them from the shop owner or from someone else. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not say, "Take the dirhams and go to another shop." The important thing is that he takes the dirhams. Once he has taken them, he may buy with them from the shop owner or from another shop. There is no harm in that.
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible for a person who has poor-quality dates to sell them for dirhams to someone who wants to buy good-quality dates from him, so that he takes the dirhams from him and then gives them to him to buy good-quality dates from him?
Answer:
There is no harm in that. If he takes the dirhams, he may buy with them from the shop owner or from someone else. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not say, "Take the dirhams and go to another shop." The important thing is that he takes the dirhams. Once he has taken them, he may buy with them from the shop owner or from another shop. There is no harm in that.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تتمة باب الربا — islamhouse.com (38:01)
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