Prohibition of Two Sales in One Sale
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What is the ruling on two sales in one sale, and what is its nature?
(The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited two sales in one sale), and the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) differed on the meaning of this hadith.
So it was mentioned of its meaning: That you say to a man: This book is for ten cash, or twenty on credit for a year. This is two sales in one sale,Meaning: two prices in one contract.
This interpretation is incorrect; because the sale here is one; but the price is one in which he has a choice,So you say: take it for ten or twenty, and the man will take it for one of them, not both, so this interpretation is incorrect.
The second interpretation: That two sales in one sale is the issue of 'inah,And 'inah: that you sell a commodity for a deferred price, and buy it back for cash for less,An example of that is: that you sell a car to a person for fifty thousand on credit for a year, then buy it from him for forty thousand cash and deliver it to him, so this sale is two sales in one sale,Meaning: in one item sold, which here is the car, where two contracts came upon it, the first contract and the second contract.
So this transaction is two sales in one sale,Therefore, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (for him is the lesser of the two or usury) What is the lesser in our example?The lesser in our example: The lesser.
Which one? The forty.
So we say: Now, either you take the forty from the one from whom you bought your commodity, or you fall into usury.
And it is not possible to verify the image of two sales in one sale except on this.
And this is what Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) established, and it is the truth upon reflection.
Did you understand, my brother?! We have one issue remaining: Sometimes a person sells a car for fifty thousand on credit for a year, then the car is displayed in the showroom, so is it permissible for the seller to buy it from the showroom?We say: If the owner who bought it sold it to the owner of the showroom, then you may buy it from the owner of the showroom even for less, and if it is to be sold directly on behalf of the one who bought it from you, then it is not permissible for you to buy it for less than what you sold it for.
The questioner: And if I say to the owner of the showroom: Buy it and I will buy it from you?The Shaykh: This is not valid; because this is collusion on usury.
(The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited two sales in one sale), and the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) differed on the meaning of this hadith.
So it was mentioned of its meaning: That you say to a man: This book is for ten cash, or twenty on credit for a year. This is two sales in one sale,Meaning: two prices in one contract.
This interpretation is incorrect; because the sale here is one; but the price is one in which he has a choice,So you say: take it for ten or twenty, and the man will take it for one of them, not both, so this interpretation is incorrect.
The second interpretation: That two sales in one sale is the issue of 'inah,And 'inah: that you sell a commodity for a deferred price, and buy it back for cash for less,An example of that is: that you sell a car to a person for fifty thousand on credit for a year, then buy it from him for forty thousand cash and deliver it to him, so this sale is two sales in one sale,Meaning: in one item sold, which here is the car, where two contracts came upon it, the first contract and the second contract.
So this transaction is two sales in one sale,Therefore, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (for him is the lesser of the two or usury) What is the lesser in our example?The lesser in our example: The lesser.
Which one? The forty.
So we say: Now, either you take the forty from the one from whom you bought your commodity, or you fall into usury.
And it is not possible to verify the image of two sales in one sale except on this.
And this is what Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) established, and it is the truth upon reflection.
Did you understand, my brother?! We have one issue remaining: Sometimes a person sells a car for fifty thousand on credit for a year, then the car is displayed in the showroom, so is it permissible for the seller to buy it from the showroom?We say: If the owner who bought it sold it to the owner of the showroom, then you may buy it from the owner of the showroom even for less, and if it is to be sold directly on behalf of the one who bought it from you, then it is not permissible for you to buy it for less than what you sold it for.
The questioner: And if I say to the owner of the showroom: Buy it and I will buy it from you?The Shaykh: This is not valid; because this is collusion on usury.