The Ruling on Purchasing Goods by Check
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible to purchase goods by check, or is it necessary to pay in cash and hand it over?
Answer:
It is permissible, it is permissible for you to buy goods and give the owner a check that you transfer to your bank account. What is the objection? This is only if you do not have cash on hand; if you buy goods with dirhams—rice, tea, sugar, or soap—with dirhams, and you do not have dirhams with you but have a balance in the bank, you give him a check on the bank. There is no meaning to that. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible to purchase goods by check, or is it necessary to pay in cash and hand it over?
Answer:
It is permissible, it is permissible for you to buy goods and give the owner a check that you transfer to your bank account. What is the objection? This is only if you do not have cash on hand; if you buy goods with dirhams—rice, tea, sugar, or soap—with dirhams, and you do not have dirhams with you but have a balance in the bank, you give him a check on the bank. There is no meaning to that. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تتمة باب الربا — islamhouse.com (42:13)
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