The operative cause of riba in the four categories, and whether every food item is a stored commodity
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, you mentioned that the operative cause in the four categories of gold and silver is that the stronger position is that the cause is measuring by volume or weight combined with being a food item, and that storage is not the cause. The question is: is every food item considered a stored commodity based on the previous cause, or not?
Answer:
What is meant by "every food item that is stored"? This is something that is measured by volume or weight and is a food item, but it is not stored; it would spoil if it were stored, if it were kept for a while.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, you mentioned that the operative cause in the four categories of gold and silver is that the stronger position is that the cause is measuring by volume or weight combined with being a food item, and that storage is not the cause. The question is: is every food item considered a stored commodity based on the previous cause, or not?
Answer:
What is meant by "every food item that is stored"? This is something that is measured by volume or weight and is a food item, but it is not stored; it would spoil if it were stored, if it were kept for a while.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب الرخصة في العرايا وبيع الأصول والثمار — islamhouse.com (24:21)
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