If he sells one hundred sa' for two hundred dirhams to be delivered in one year, how is this permissible when it is not hand-to-hand?
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The questioner : If he sells him, O Shaykh, ten sa' of wheat for two hundred dirhams to be delivered in one year, how is this permissible, O Shaykh, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded Is this permissible and is it not riba?
The Shaykh : Do you mean you are asking how this is permissible?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is permissible.
The questioner : Shaykh, it was not hand-to-hand, O Shaykh, and then he says?
The Shaykh : Did you hear the question?
The questioner : No, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : He says if he sells one hundred sa' for two hundred dirhams to be delivered in one year, how is this permissible, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said, when he enumerated the types of riba commodities, "If these types differ, sell as you wish, provided it is hand-to-hand." This implies that if I sell one hundred sa' of wheat for two hundred dirhams, we must not separate until we exchange the goods, correct?
The questioner : Correct.
The Shaykh : This is a valid objection if we take the apparent meaning of the hadith. However, it is established beyond doubt that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) permitted salam, which is paying the price in advance and delaying the delivery of the commodity. They used to make salam with dirhams for one or two years. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: Some jurists have explicitly stated an exception, saying that one of them is not cash, one of them is not cash. If one of them is cash, there is no harm. Yes, Adam?
The questioner : If it is in the issue of the buyer's condition.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The buyer's.
The Shaykh : If you repeat the question?
If the types differ, sell as you wish if they differ
إذا اختلفت الأجناس فبيعوا كيف شئتم إذا اختلفتThe Shaykh : Do you mean you are asking how this is permissible?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is permissible.
The questioner : Shaykh, it was not hand-to-hand, O Shaykh, and then he says?
The Shaykh : Did you hear the question?
The questioner : No, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : He says if he sells one hundred sa' for two hundred dirhams to be delivered in one year, how is this permissible, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said, when he enumerated the types of riba commodities, "If these types differ, sell as you wish, provided it is hand-to-hand." This implies that if I sell one hundred sa' of wheat for two hundred dirhams, we must not separate until we exchange the goods, correct?
The questioner : Correct.
The Shaykh : This is a valid objection if we take the apparent meaning of the hadith. However, it is established beyond doubt that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) permitted salam, which is paying the price in advance and delaying the delivery of the commodity. They used to make salam with dirhams for one or two years. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said:
Whoever makes salam in a commodity, let him make it in a known quantity and weight for a known term
من أسلم في شيء فليسلم في كيف معلوم ووزن معلوم إلى أجل معلومThe questioner : If it is in the issue of the buyer's condition.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The buyer's.
The Shaykh : If you repeat the question?