Book of Sales and Related Matters

Question: It sometimes reaches me that the price of a certain commodity has risen. Is it permissible for me to hasten to buy that commodity from shop owners who have not yet learned of the price increase?

Question: A man bought a plot of land in which there is some dispute. The seller said to the buyer: “I will give you another plot of land; benefit from it and plant it. When we finish the partition and...

Question: A man bought and sold using stolen cash until it became a large business. Then he repented and wanted to be clear of it—what is required of him?

Question: Is it permissible that I buy merchandise from a man, then leave it with him and tell him, “I will bring a man or two; we will buy this merchandise from you, so raise its price,” then I bring...

Question: A man used to sell and buy in hashish and narcotics. Then destiny led him to a mosque in Ramadan; he heard the exhortations and supplications, kept returning to that mosque on the nights of Ramadan, his heart was...

Question: About a man who used to trade in narcotics, then he heard the exhortations of the preachers, so he repented from that and returned to Allah Most High. He asked about the monies in his possession that he had...

Question: A man bought and sold in narcotic pills, profited, and amassed wealth; he married; and when admonition spread and he heard the exhortations, he repented and wished to rid himself [of the ill-gotten gains]. What should he do regarding...

Question: A man’s trade was in wine and narcotics; then he repented, regretted it, and returned to Allah. He has a large amount of money in his hand; he put it into lawful trade and has continued in that—buying, selling,...

The first question: If a man says to another, “Buy me a car in your name on installments, and I will pay you the installments at their due dates, and you will have one thousand riyals for that”—is this permissible?The...

Question: A client comes to me and gives me a list of goods he needs. I gather what he requested, and there may remain one item or more that I do not have. I buy it from my neighbor and...