Chapter: If the Muslim brings it before its due date, or in a place other than the place of payment

The questioner : Yes. Chapter: If he brings it before its due date or in a place other than the place of payment, and they agree to accept it, that is permissible. If he gives him compensation for it, or deducts it from the salam, that is not permissible, because it is a sale with deferred payment and transport. If he offers it to him and he refuses to accept it for a valid reason, such as being obligated to bear the cost of storing it or transporting it, or facing hardship, or fearing its loss or its being taken from him, he is not obligated to accept it. If he refuses it for other than a valid reason, he is obligated to accept it, because it increases his benefit. If

The Shaykh : Yes, the matter is referred to the judge so that he may take it, as it is narrated that Anas wrote a contract for a slave of his regarding a sum of money, so he came to him with it before the due date, and he refused to accept it, so he went to 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and he took it from him and said, "Go, for you are now free."

The questioner : And because it increases his benefit.

The Shaykh : The summary of this is that if the debtor brings the debt before its due date, is the creditor obligated to accept it? The answer is that he is obligated to do so, unless there is harm to him in it. So, O Faras, what did I say? This is the summary of the opportunity.