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Advance Payment in the Transaction of Goods

alkafi-8874Vol. 5, p. 199

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ السَّلَمَ وَ هُوَ السَّلَفُ فِي الْحَرِيرِ وَ الْمَتَاعِ الَّذِي يُصْنَعُ فِي الْبَلَدِ الَّذِي أَنْتَ فِيهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ إِذَا كَانَ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ.

“I once asked him (the Imam) (a.s.), about advance payment to receive goods on a date in future which is payment in advance for silk or goods made in the location where you live. He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, it is lawful if the time is known.’”