Advancing payment for a specific season
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible to advance payment for a period not specified in days, but rather specified by the season?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible to say "until the pilgrims arrive." They say, "If one says 'until the pilgrims arrive,' or 'until the locusts come,' or 'until the harvest,' or 'until the cutting of the dates,' all of these are unknown periods that are not valid. It must be specified by month: the month of Dhul-Qa'dah, the month of Shawwal, or a month. Yes."
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible to advance payment for a period not specified in days, but rather specified by the season?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible to say "until the pilgrims arrive." They say, "If one says 'until the pilgrims arrive,' or 'until the locusts come,' or 'until the harvest,' or 'until the cutting of the dates,' all of these are unknown periods that are not valid. It must be specified by month: the month of Dhul-Qa'dah, the month of Shawwal, or a month. Yes."
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، أبواب السلم والقرض والرهن — islamhouse.com (19:31)
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