Ruling on selling non-food items for food on credit

Question: Is it permissible to sell non-food items for food on credit, such as selling clothes for wheat, etc.?

Answer: It is permissible according to the most correct opinion of the scholars, and there is much evidence for it. Among this evidence is the generality of the texts regarding the permissibility of selling and lending, and among it is what is established in the two Sahihs from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her): . Also, there is the forward sale (salam), for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived in Madinah and the people were making forward payments for fruits for one or two years, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . He did not stipulate that the price must be cash, which indicates that it is permissible to make a forward payment for a measured or weighed amount of food in exchange for an animal, clothes, wool, or other things that are defined by their description, provided the other conditions are met. And Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) knows best.