Defining the Forbidden Sales
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Question:
Please clarify for us the forbidden sales?
Answer:
There are many forbidden sales. The criterion is that you sell with excessive uncertainty (gharar) that involves risk. If it involves gharar, or if a condition of the sale is defective, or if the item sold does not exist, or something similar, then this is an invalid sale. Invalid sales are those from which the Lawgiver has prohibited, either because they involve gharar, or because they involve riba (usury or interest), or because they contain some invalid conditions. There is no fixed limit to enumerating them, but the criterion is: if the condition is defective, or if there is something that necessitates invalidity, such as the item sold being forbidden, like riba, or a pig, or intoxicants, or the like. Yes. Or if it involves gharar, such as selling without specification, like saying, "I sell you such and such," when the item sold is not known to either of them; or "I sell you the offspring of the she-camel that has not yet been born"; or "I sell you my such-and-such she-camel," when its characteristics are not known. All of these are gharar. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Please clarify for us the forbidden sales?
Answer:
There are many forbidden sales. The criterion is that you sell with excessive uncertainty (gharar) that involves risk. If it involves gharar, or if a condition of the sale is defective, or if the item sold does not exist, or something similar, then this is an invalid sale. Invalid sales are those from which the Lawgiver has prohibited, either because they involve gharar, or because they involve riba (usury or interest), or because they contain some invalid conditions. There is no fixed limit to enumerating them, but the criterion is: if the condition is defective, or if there is something that necessitates invalidity, such as the item sold being forbidden, like riba, or a pig, or intoxicants, or the like. Yes. Or if it involves gharar, such as selling without specification, like saying, "I sell you such and such," when the item sold is not known to either of them; or "I sell you the offspring of the she-camel that has not yet been born"; or "I sell you my such-and-such she-camel," when its characteristics are not known. All of these are gharar. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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