about buying watermelon without knowing whether it is ripe or not?
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The Shaykh : He says that one does not know if it is ripe or not, except the experts. So, is it permissible for the seller, if a young person or someone who does not know comes to him, to sell to him?
The student: No, he does not sell.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: He sells...
The Shaykh : We have a principle that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) explained to us:Sahih al-Bukhari 13 So, do you like it if a man comes to you, because you are a stranger and do not know, and sells you a rotten watermelon or one that has just become ripe? Are you pleased with this?
The student: I am not pleased with it.
The Shaykh : Then do not accept it for others.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, but some people know, as some said, some people know.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : They know... in any case, they know... yes.
The student : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : A minute, okay. But if someone said to us, this is ignorance, because most people do not know the truth.
The student: Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : Most people do not know, not just the stranger, even the understanding person does not know. If someone said, do not validate the sale of watermelon except with a knife?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh? We say this is not possible; there is a great deal of corruption in this, there is a lot of corruption. Also, perhaps some of it is ripe but not colored, and then they say we condition with the knife that it is tasted. Yes, if it comes to one person, he says... cut it for me, and when it is cut, he says let me taste it, and a new one comes and says let me taste it, and so on. This is problematic, yes?
The questioner : The thing in which the Shari'ah has permitted
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : The competition in which the Shari'ah has permitted, like wrestling and like...
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
The questioner : This...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : If we say that the Lawgiver has prohibited it...
The Shaykh : Yes, correct. The brother Ghanim says that even the race that the Lawgiver has permitted, like racing on foot, for example, the winner usually prevails... and the loser is defeated, his face becomes small, and his weight decreases.
The student : Hmm.
The Shaykh : Yes, and what do you say about this?
The student: There is a difference...
The Shaykh : We say there is a difference between the two matters. In the issue of sale, there is consideration, consideration and exchange. I am giving dirhams and you are taking them, but this does not have consideration; it has encouragement and motivation. And for this reason, if I gave a person a stray camel, I gave him a stray camel, I said, O so-and-so, the stray camel that has these characteristics and these characteristics, I have given it to you, and he accepted. Is it permissible?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : No, my brother, perhaps he will find it, and perhaps he will not find it.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : There is no consideration, there is no consideration...
The questioner : And the permissible wrestling?
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : ... among people, there are trials...
The Shaykh : In any case, everything... the trials, but the original principle is that there is no consideration, so that the person regrets and loses.
The questioner : Meaning, this becomes something in his heart against the second person.
The Shaykh : Yes, because this took, took the dirhams from him, took the dirhams from him, and we mentioned the verse:[Al-Ma'idah 5:91] and we said that this is the cause of the prohibition, yes.
The student: No, he does not sell.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: He sells...
The Shaykh : We have a principle that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) explained to us:
None of you will have faith till he wishes for his (Muslim) brother what he likes for himself.
لا يؤمن أحدكم حتى يحبّ لأخيه ما يحبّ لنفسهThe student: I am not pleased with it.
The Shaykh : Then do not accept it for others.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, but some people know, as some said, some people know.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : They know... in any case, they know... yes.
The student : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : A minute, okay. But if someone said to us, this is ignorance, because most people do not know the truth.
The student: Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : Most people do not know, not just the stranger, even the understanding person does not know. If someone said, do not validate the sale of watermelon except with a knife?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh? We say this is not possible; there is a great deal of corruption in this, there is a lot of corruption. Also, perhaps some of it is ripe but not colored, and then they say we condition with the knife that it is tasted. Yes, if it comes to one person, he says... cut it for me, and when it is cut, he says let me taste it, and a new one comes and says let me taste it, and so on. This is problematic, yes?
The questioner : The thing in which the Shari'ah has permitted
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : The competition in which the Shari'ah has permitted, like wrestling and like...
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
The questioner : This...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : If we say that the Lawgiver has prohibited it...
The Shaykh : Yes, correct. The brother Ghanim says that even the race that the Lawgiver has permitted, like racing on foot, for example, the winner usually prevails... and the loser is defeated, his face becomes small, and his weight decreases.
The student : Hmm.
The Shaykh : Yes, and what do you say about this?
The student: There is a difference...
The Shaykh : We say there is a difference between the two matters. In the issue of sale, there is consideration, consideration and exchange. I am giving dirhams and you are taking them, but this does not have consideration; it has encouragement and motivation. And for this reason, if I gave a person a stray camel, I gave him a stray camel, I said, O so-and-so, the stray camel that has these characteristics and these characteristics, I have given it to you, and he accepted. Is it permissible?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : No, my brother, perhaps he will find it, and perhaps he will not find it.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : There is no consideration, there is no consideration...
The questioner : And the permissible wrestling?
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : ... among people, there are trials...
The Shaykh : In any case, everything... the trials, but the original principle is that there is no consideration, so that the person regrets and loses.
The questioner : Meaning, this becomes something in his heart against the second person.
The Shaykh : Yes, because this took, took the dirhams from him, took the dirhams from him, and we mentioned the verse: