Fatwa ID: 05759
Answered by: Maulana Yūsuf Badāt
Question:
Is selling 3 sofas in return for 4 sofas muʾajjalan (deferred) permissible?
In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
Answer:
It is only Islamically permissible to trade 3 sofas for 4 sofas if the transaction takes place on the spot with nothing owing. In the described scenario, deferring is not permitted as it will constitute ribā (usury). The principle is that if the commodity is the same on both sides of the transaction, then deferring is not permitted. The disparity is allowed since the commodity is not weighed or measured. – (See: Rad Al-Muḥtār, Vol 5, Page 175, Dār Al-Fikr)1
Only Allāh knows best.
Written by Maulana Yūsuf Badāt
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
1 أَنَّ هَذَا مِمَّا لَمْ يَدْخُلْهُ الْقَدْرُ الشَّرْعِيُّ كَالسَّيْفِ وَالسَّيْفَيْنِ وَالْإِبْرَةِ وَالْإِبْرَتَيْنِ فَجَوَازُ التَّفَاضُلِ لِعَدَمِ دُخُولِ الْقَدْرِ الشَّرْعِيِّ فِيهِمَا وَيَحْرُمُ النَّسَاءُ لِوُجُودِ الْجِنْسِ – كتاب الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين رد المحتار ج٥ / ص ١٧٥ دار الفكر
