What is the ruling on selling goods before they reach the market?
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The questioner:
If a man sells his livestock before he reaches the market, he knows that this sale will bring him a profit. Does he thereby harm the people of the market?
The Shaykh:
What is it?
The questioner:
He says: If a man sells his livestock before he reaches the market.
The Shaykh:
If he sells them, there is no harm in that. But if someone says to him, "Sell them to me," or if the buyer says to him, "Sell them to me," that is different. However, if you are the owner and you say, "Buy them from him," there is no harm, because he is the one who sold them. Yes.
If a man sells his livestock before he reaches the market, he knows that this sale will bring him a profit. Does he thereby harm the people of the market?
The Shaykh:
What is it?
The questioner:
He says: If a man sells his livestock before he reaches the market.
The Shaykh:
If he sells them, there is no harm in that. But if someone says to him, "Sell them to me," or if the buyer says to him, "Sell them to me," that is different. However, if you are the owner and you say, "Buy them from him," there is no harm, because he is the one who sold them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم بيع البضاعة قبل وصولها السوق؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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