A salam obligation concerns future delivery of non-identified units; a sale of a particular identified object concerns something individually known at the time of contracting. The objection to salam in gemstones therefore does not imply that every ordinary sale of an identified precious stone is prohibited on that same basis.
Purchasing a specific stone after inspecting it differs from demanding some unspecified “equivalent stone” several months later. Legal analysis must keep the two transaction types distinct.
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Present sale of an identified gem is different
Bab al-Salam: Fabric, Gems, Bricks and Precise Specification
A salam obligation concerns future delivery of non-identified units; a sale of a particular identified object concerns something individually known at the time of contracting. The objection to salam in gemstones therefore does not imply that every ordinary sale of an identified precious stone is prohibited on that same basis.
Purchasing a specific stone after inspecting it differs from demanding some unspecified “equivalent stone” several months later. Legal analysis must keep the two transaction types distinct.