Does the prohibition of usury of excess apply to selling Zamzam water for water?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner : The Shaykh, may Allah reward you, selling Zamzam water in exchange for other water?
The Shaykh : Selling?
The questioner : Selling Zamzam water in exchange, he has a cup of Zamzam water and exchanges it for water?
The Shaykh : Meaning, within the sacred precinct itself?
The questioner : No, outside the sacred precinct.
The Shaykh : Outside, meaning, is he asking whether the prohibition of usury of excess applies to selling water for water? No, the prohibition of usury of excess does not apply. Take one hundred cups for ten cups, do you understand? Good. Just as if, for example, you bought a cup of fresh water for ten cups of salt water, there is no harm, yes.
The Shaykh : Selling?
The questioner : Selling Zamzam water in exchange, he has a cup of Zamzam water and exchanges it for water?
The Shaykh : Meaning, within the sacred precinct itself?
The questioner : No, outside the sacred precinct.
The Shaykh : Outside, meaning, is he asking whether the prohibition of usury of excess applies to selling water for water? No, the prohibition of usury of excess does not apply. Take one hundred cups for ten cups, do you understand? Good. Just as if, for example, you bought a cup of fresh water for ten cups of salt water, there is no harm, yes.