We request clarification of some forms and rulings regarding the interception of merchants' goods?
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The questioner : If a person brings in goods and arrives at his home, but he has no shop or market, and he has brought the goods but does not know the price, is buying from him in this case considered interception of merchants' goods?
The Shaykh : No, interception is more specific than this. Interception is more specific than this, and it is: that a resident of the city goes out of the town to intercept the merchants from there. As for your question, it is not like that.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you.
The questioner : But does it mean that buying from him, when he does not know the price, is considered deceiving him?
The Shaykh : If he is not actually deceived, then it is not considered deception. If the buyer knows, for example, the prices, he gives him [the price] and deducts from his right.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This is deception without a doubt, whether he intercepted [the goods] or did not intercept them.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : No, interception is more specific than this. Interception is more specific than this, and it is: that a resident of the city goes out of the town to intercept the merchants from there. As for your question, it is not like that.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you.
The questioner : But does it mean that buying from him, when he does not know the price, is considered deceiving him?
The Shaykh : If he is not actually deceived, then it is not considered deception. If the buyer knows, for example, the prices, he gives him [the price] and deducts from his right.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This is deception without a doubt, whether he intercepted [the goods] or did not intercept them.
The questioner: Yes.
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