Ruling on displaying a commodity and then bringing it from a second location after agreement

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Question:
The listener is Abdullah Muhammad Abdullah, a Yemeni from Bayhan, residing in Riyadh. His message to Your Eminence, the Shaykh, begins with: "I love you for the sake of Allah." Then he asks Your Eminence: "What is the ruling on selling a commodity to a customer, and after he agrees to its price, I bring it from a second location, and I am certain of my profit? Please guide us, may Allah reward you with good."

Answer:
As for love for the sake of Allah, we say: May Allah love you who loved us for His sake. Mutual love for the sake of Allah is among the best of the means of nearness to Him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Seven people will be shaded by Allah in His shade on the Day when there is no shade except His: a just ruler, a young man who grew up in the worship of Allah, a man whose heart is attached to the mosques, two men who love one another for the sake of Allah, meeting for that and parting for it, a man to whom a woman of high status and beauty proposes, and he says: "I fear Allah," a man who gives charity and conceals it so that his left hand does not know what his right hand spends, and a man who remembers Allah in seclusion—meaning: no one is with him—so his eyes overflow with tears.

سبعة يظلهم الله في ظله يوم لا ظل إلا ظله: إمام عادل، وشاب نشأ في عبادة الله، ورجل قلبه معلق بالمساجد، ورجلان تحابا في الله اجتمعا على ذلك وتفرقا عليه، ورجل دعته امرأة ذات منصب وجمال فقال: إني أخاف الله، ورجل تصدق بصدقة فأخفاها حتى لا تعلم شماله ما تنفق يمينه، ورجل ذكر الله خاليًا -يعني: ما عنده أحد- ففاضت عيناه

meaning: out of fear of Allah. All of these people will be shaded by Allah in His shade on the Day when there is no shade except His, and among them are those who love one another for the sake of Allah.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Allah would say on the Day of Resurrection: Where are those who have mutual love for My Glory's sake? Today I shall shelter them in My shadow when there is no other shadow but the shadow of Mine.

يقول الله يوم القيامة: أين المتحابون بجلالي اليوم أظلهم في ظلي يوم لا ظل إلا ظلي

Sahih Muslim 2566

May Allah make us and you and all our brothers among those who love one another for His sake .
As for selling a commodity before you have bought it, this is not permissible. It is not permissible for a person to sell what he does not have. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

It is not permissible to combine a loan and a sale, nor to sell what you do not have.

لا يحل سلف وبيع ولا بيع ما ليس عندك

, and Hakim ibn Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him) asked him , saying:

O Messenger of Allah! A man comes to me wanting a commodity that I do not have, so I sell it to him and then go and buy it. He (the Prophet) said: Do not sell what you do not have.

يا رسول الله! الرجل يأتيني يريد السلعة وليست عندي، فأبيعها عليه ثم أذهب فأشتريها فقال ﷺ: لا تبع ما ليس عندك

. So if you want to sell, you buy the commodity first. Once you have taken possession of it and it is in your custody, you may sell it afterwards. You tell the one who has expressed interest in it: "Wait until I buy it." Once you have bought the commodities and they are in your possession and custody, you may sell them to whomever you wish. Yes.

The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.

Source binbaz.org.sa

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