The Six Riba Categories: Is the Intended Difference Between the Six Categories Themselves, or Between Them and Others?
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The questioner : The eight items in which riba al-fadl (usury of excess in a like-for-like exchange) or riba al-nasi'ah (usury of deferment) applies are dates, barley, wheat, wheat, gold, and silver. He said: Mishkat al-Masabih 2808 So, is the intended difference the difference between the six categories themselves, or their difference with others?
The Shaykh : No, it is between them themselves. With others, it is even more permissible. That is to say, you can buy gold with silver, however unequal the amounts, provided it is hand-to-hand.
The questioner : Hand-to-hand. And if it is with others, is hand-to-hand required?
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : However you wish, without hand-to-hand, as a debt or otherwise.
The Shaykh: Yes.
If these classes differ, sell as you wish if payment is made on the spot.
فإذا اختلفت الأصناف فبيعوا كيفما شئتم إذا كان يدًا بيدThe Shaykh : No, it is between them themselves. With others, it is even more permissible. That is to say, you can buy gold with silver, however unequal the amounts, provided it is hand-to-hand.
The questioner : Hand-to-hand. And if it is with others, is hand-to-hand required?
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : However you wish, without hand-to-hand, as a debt or otherwise.
The Shaykh: Yes.
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