LessonsKitab al-Buyu: Grain in Ears, House Keys, Transaction Costs and DeliveryQuiz

وَمَنْ بَاعَ سِلْعَةً بِسِلْعَةٍ أَوْ ثَمَنًا بِثَمَنٍ قِيلَ لَهُمَا: سَلِّمَا مَعًا
Translation: Whoever exchanges one commodity for another, or one monetary consideration for another, both parties are told to deliver simultaneously.

Silah bi-silah means one commodity exchanged for another, such as one particular book for another. Thamanan bi-thaman concerns price or currency exchanged for price or currency.

Quduri directs both parties to deliver together, with neither side generally postponed as in the simple cash-for-goods sequence.

Currency exchanges also carry the separate conditions of the law of sarf, which this sentence does not remove.

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Original: simultaneous delivery in barter

Kitab al-Buyu: Grain in Ears, House Keys, Transaction Costs and Delivery

وَمَنْ بَاعَ سِلْعَةً بِسِلْعَةٍ أَوْ ثَمَنًا بِثَمَنٍ قِيلَ لَهُمَا: سَلِّمَا مَعًا
Translation: Whoever exchanges one commodity for another, or one monetary consideration for another, both parties are told to deliver simultaneously.

Silah bi-silah means one commodity exchanged for another, such as one particular book for another. Thamanan bi-thaman concerns price or currency exchanged for price or currency.

Quduri directs both parties to deliver together, with neither side generally postponed as in the simple cash-for-goods sequence.

Currency exchanges also carry the separate conditions of the law of sarf, which this sentence does not remove.