What is the ruling on selling a commodity before taking possession of it?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. I am a farmer, and I have a field... and I harvest it and make it into bales.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : I harvest it and make it into bales.
The Shaykh : Make it into bales? You bale it. Yes.
The questioner : Then I sell it to a person, and that person sells it before taking possession of it. Is this permissible, and how does he take possession of it? Is it sufficient for it to leave the field?
The Shaykh : This is considered selling the commodity before the man moves it to his place of residence. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade selling the commodity where it is sold until the merchants take it to their places of residence. Therefore, the safest course for this man is to first carry these bales out of his place and then sell them. As for selling them in the place where he bought them, that is what has been forbidden. Yes.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : I harvest it and make it into bales.
The Shaykh : Make it into bales? You bale it. Yes.
The questioner : Then I sell it to a person, and that person sells it before taking possession of it. Is this permissible, and how does he take possession of it? Is it sufficient for it to leave the field?
The Shaykh : This is considered selling the commodity before the man moves it to his place of residence. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade selling the commodity where it is sold until the merchants take it to their places of residence. Therefore, the safest course for this man is to first carry these bales out of his place and then sell them. As for selling them in the place where he bought them, that is what has been forbidden. Yes.