Some gold dealers now have goods worth ninety riyals, so they increase the price, for example, to one hundred and forty, and then when the buyer says to them to lower it, they lower it, for example, to
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you. Some gold dealers now have goods that, for example, are worth ninety riyals, so they increase the price, for example, to one hundred and forty. Then when the buyer says to them to lower it, or something like that, they lower it, for example, to one hundred or to ninety. They attribute the permissibility of this to you and say that you say there is no harm if it will return to the original price. And they do this constantly?
The Shaykh : This ruling applies to gold dealers and to others.
The questioner : How?
The Shaykh : Yes, if the buyer is known to be a haggler, for example, you say the item that is worth one hundred is one hundred and fifty, and you know he will say to you: No, I will not buy it for less than eighty. You and he are in a battle until it reaches one hundred, and you sell it to him. But if the man is sound, sound of heart, and does not know, it is not permissible for you to say to him it is one hundred and fifty when you are selling it for one hundred, whether he keeps it or returns it, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : This ruling applies to gold dealers and to others.
The questioner : How?
The Shaykh : Yes, if the buyer is known to be a haggler, for example, you say the item that is worth one hundred is one hundred and fifty, and you know he will say to you: No, I will not buy it for less than eighty. You and he are in a battle until it reaches one hundred, and you sell it to him. But if the man is sound, sound of heart, and does not know, it is not permissible for you to say to him it is one hundred and fifty when you are selling it for one hundred, whether he keeps it or returns it, if Allah wills.