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Market Price of Salam on the Date of Delivery : Is it Permissible ? السَّلَم بسعر السوق يوم التسليم هل يجوز ؟

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  • Rafic Yunus Al-Masri

    (Islamic Economics Research CentreKing Abdulaziz University Jeddah – Saudi Arabia)

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Al-Salam is a kind of deferred sale, in which advance payment is made for goods to be delivered later on. There is consensus among the fuqaha on its permissibility if contracting parties agree on the price. However, some fuqaha have said that ‘the price’ means the one pervailing in a market on the day of contract, while others have allowed the market price on the date of delivery. Even some fuqaha think that agreement on the-latter price is possible provided a specific amount or a proportion of it is deducted from it. For example, if you pay 100 Saudi Riyal now and get after a year a commodity whose price in the market exceed by 10 over 100 Saudi Riyal, then this extra amount will be a kind of riba'l-nasiah , because the process is more akin to lending than sale. The sale contract in this case is free from any risk. And most probably the buyer will transform the sale of the commodity to exchange to get 110 . Thus, inspite of the fact that increasing price in credit sale is permissible to majority of fuqaha and similarly decreasing the price is also permissible in deferred sale, in which delivery of the commodity i delayed, the sale in the above mentioned case shall be invalid as it will be a subterfuge to earn interest. السّلم ضرب من البيع الآجل ، يتم فيه تعجيل الثمن وتأجيل المبيع ، وهو جائز بإجماع الفقهاء إذا تم الاتفاق على السعر في العقد . لكن بعض الفقهاء أجازوا الإحالة في العقد على سعر السوق يوم العقد ، كما أجاز بعضهم الإحالة على سعر السوق يوم التسليم ، ومنهم من رأى أن من الممكن الاتفاق على السعر الأخير مطروحاً منه مبلغ معلوم ، أو نسبة معلومة . فإذا دفعت الآن 100 ريال سعودي ، وحصلت بعد سنة على سلعة يزيد ثمنها في السوق بمقدار 10 ريال سعودي ، كانت هذه الزيادة من باب ربا النسيئة ، لأن العملية صارت أشبه بالقرض منها بالبيع ، فالبيع هنا خال من المخاطرة ، وربما يعيد المشتري بيع السلعة إلى المصرف ليحصل على 110 ريال سعودي . فمع أن الزيادة في الثمن تجوز عند جمهور الفقهاء في البيع الآجل الذي يتأجل فيه الثمن ، ومع أن الحطيطة من الثمن تجوز أيضا في البيع الآجل الذي يتأجل فيه المبيع ، إلا أن البيع على الصورة المبينة لا يجوز لأنه صار حيلة ربوية .

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  • Rafic Yunus Al-Masri, 2003. "Market Price of Salam on the Date of Delivery : Is it Permissible ? السَّلَم بسعر السوق يوم التسليم هل يجوز ؟," Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics, King Abdulaziz University, Islamic Economics Institute., vol. 16(2), pages 29-32, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:abd:kauiea:v:16:y:2003:i:2:no:3:p:29-32
    DOI: 10.4197/islec.16-2.3
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    1. Andrew C. Worthington & Alsadek H. Gait, 2009. "A Primer on Islamic Finance: Definitions, Sources, Principles and Methods," Discussion Papers in Finance finance:200909, Griffith University, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics.

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