A government agency announces that it wants goods and equipment, so the merchants come and agree to bring them, but they do not take the money until they bring them and the official gives them the invoice.
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The questioner : If you please, there is another type of sale that happens in our country. For example, there is a company or a government agency that requests goods.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : It requests imported goods or equipment from the merchants and says, "I want such-and-such goods."
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : It announces, for example, that it wants a certain amount of equipment, so the merchants come and agree with them on the basis that they will provide these goods.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : But they do not hand over the money; it is necessary that they bring the goods, and then afterwards the official comes, looks, and agrees, and then gives them the invoice.
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with this, on the condition that it is not a sale unless the goods are present.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : As for selling to him at the price of the time of sale, and then the goods arrive a month later, for example, this is not permissible unless the price is paid in full; in that case, it is permissible and falls under the category of a forward sale paid in advance.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : It requests imported goods or equipment from the merchants and says, "I want such-and-such goods."
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : It announces, for example, that it wants a certain amount of equipment, so the merchants come and agree with them on the basis that they will provide these goods.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : But they do not hand over the money; it is necessary that they bring the goods, and then afterwards the official comes, looks, and agrees, and then gives them the invoice.
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with this, on the condition that it is not a sale unless the goods are present.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : As for selling to him at the price of the time of sale, and then the goods arrive a month later, for example, this is not permissible unless the price is paid in full; in that case, it is permissible and falls under the category of a forward sale paid in advance.