If we made the standard for dry measures weight, because it is more precise, is that permissible or not?
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The questioner : Can it be said: If the standard for dry measures were made weight, because it is easier?
The Shaykh : What do you say about this issue?
The Shaykh : He says: If we made the standard for dry measures weight, because it is easier, yes, is that permissible or not?
Most of the scholars say: It is not permissible, due to the hadith:Sahih al-Bukhari 2205, and the valid measure is dry measure, and estimating it by dry measure is the valid method, so it is not permissible.
Some scholars held the view that it is permissible to sell dry measures by weight, but not to sell weight measures by dry measure. He said: Because weight is more precise, but on the condition that they agree on the dryness and moisture. This is what people are doing now; people have been doing this for a long time, considering dates by weight and wheat by dry measure. Now they consider wheat by weight; many people sell it by weight now. This returns to the question: Does dry measure and weight revert to the custom of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), or to the customs of people? Yes.
The Shaykh : What do you say about this issue?
The Shaykh : He says: If we made the standard for dry measures weight, because it is easier, yes, is that permissible or not?
Most of the scholars say: It is not permissible, due to the hadith:
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أن يبيعه بكيل طعامSome scholars held the view that it is permissible to sell dry measures by weight, but not to sell weight measures by dry measure. He said: Because weight is more precise, but on the condition that they agree on the dryness and moisture. This is what people are doing now; people have been doing this for a long time, considering dates by weight and wheat by dry measure. Now they consider wheat by weight; many people sell it by weight now. This returns to the question: Does dry measure and weight revert to the custom of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), or to the customs of people? Yes.