Monday, 6 April 2026 (18 Shawwal 1447 AH)
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[Purchasing a Commodity Whose Price Increase You Learned of Before the Seller Knew]

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?

The answer—and by Allah’s enabling: That is permissible and valid, due to His saying, “And Allah has permitted trade and forbidden usury,” [Al-Baqarah:275] and His saying, “...except that it be trade by mutual consent among you.” [An-Nisā’:29]
Source: Min Thimār al-ʿIlm wa al-Ḥikmah vol.2