Salam and whether it is an exception to riba
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, is salam an exception to riba?
The Shaykh:
What is the gift of salam? There is no such thing as a gift of salam. It is a sale, a type of sale, but it involves paying the price in advance and delaying the delivery of the item. A regular sale is the opposite. Is there riba in it? No.
The questioner:
Honorable thing.
The Shaykh:
The problem is that many of the learned or students of knowledge do not distinguish between riba and other matters. They call everything riba. This is not acceptable.
Honorable Shaykh, is salam an exception to riba?
The Shaykh:
What is the gift of salam? There is no such thing as a gift of salam. It is a sale, a type of sale, but it involves paying the price in advance and delaying the delivery of the item. A regular sale is the opposite. Is there riba in it? No.
The questioner:
Honorable thing.
The Shaykh:
The problem is that many of the learned or students of knowledge do not distinguish between riba and other matters. They call everything riba. This is not acceptable.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، أبواب السلم والقرض والرهن — islamhouse.com (20:36)
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