Ruling on selling fruits before their harvest for a long period
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This is a letter from the questioner (A. M. A.), an Egyptian working in al-Qassim, who says: I am from a small village, and in this village some people deal in a way whose ruling I do not know; they sell the agricultural crop before it is harvested for a long period, and due to the remaining time until the harvest, they sell it for fifty riyals, for example, instead of eighty if it were harvested. What is the ruling on this method? Please inform us, may Allah reward you.
Answer: This requires detail: If the grain has hardened and ripened, it is permissible to sell it in the ear or after the harvest, every sa' for such a price, every sa' for such a price, he gathers it... his companion, every sa' for such a price, every half sa' for such a price, every mudd for such a price, according to the standard known between them, if it has hardened. As for if it is in the debt, he sells it in the debt, saying: I buy from you in your debt every sa' for such a price until a known term, this is called: salam. It is permissible for the owner of the land, the owner of the agriculture, to sell from his debt one hundred sa', one thousand sa', two thousand, three thousand... until a known term at a known price. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the people of Madinah when he came to them and they were making forward sales in fruits for one year, two years, and three years, he said to them (peace and blessings be upon him):Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1311Sahih (Darussalam) So if the owner of the farm sells to a person a known sa' or another quantity by another known measure with them, until a known term at a known price, there is no harm, and it is called: salam. But if he sells the present crop that has ripened, which has hardened and ripened, saying: This crop has hardened and ripened, I sell you its yield, every sa' for such a price, and I must sift it for you and purify it for you and give it to you, every sa' for such a price, every sa' for such a price, there is no harm with this. Yes.
The presenter: But it is conditioned upon the hardening?
The Shaykh: ... It must have hardened, it must have ripened... it is not permissible to sell it, it is not permissible. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Answer: This requires detail: If the grain has hardened and ripened, it is permissible to sell it in the ear or after the harvest, every sa' for such a price, every sa' for such a price, he gathers it... his companion, every sa' for such a price, every half sa' for such a price, every mudd for such a price, according to the standard known between them, if it has hardened. As for if it is in the debt, he sells it in the debt, saying: I buy from you in your debt every sa' for such a price until a known term, this is called: salam. It is permissible for the owner of the land, the owner of the agriculture, to sell from his debt one hundred sa', one thousand sa', two thousand, three thousand... until a known term at a known price. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the people of Madinah when he came to them and they were making forward sales in fruits for one year, two years, and three years, he said to them (peace and blessings be upon him):
Whoever pays in advance, then let him pay in advance for known measurements (of dates), and known weights for a specified period of time.
من أسلف فليسلف في كيل معلوم ووزن معلوم إلى أجل معلومThe presenter: But it is conditioned upon the hardening?
The Shaykh: ... It must have hardened, it must have ripened... it is not permissible to sell it, it is not permissible. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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