LessonsKitab al-Buyu: Grain Sales, Bulk Heaps, Qafiz and Unit PricesQuiz

A visible pile of wheat sold for money differs from trading an unmeasured quantity of wheat for another quantity of wheat.

A same-kind ribawi exchange may require established equality; an estimate does not establish legal parity. Accordingly, the general permission for bulk sale should not be applied mechanically to barter between the same ribawi goods.

This qualification is explicit in later Hanafi commentaries and is distinguished from the words of Quduri's short clause.

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Limits: bulk sale and ribawi exchanges

Kitab al-Buyu: Grain Sales, Bulk Heaps, Qafiz and Unit Prices

A visible pile of wheat sold for money differs from trading an unmeasured quantity of wheat for another quantity of wheat.

A same-kind ribawi exchange may require established equality; an estimate does not establish legal parity. Accordingly, the general permission for bulk sale should not be applied mechanically to barter between the same ribawi goods.

This qualification is explicit in later Hanafi commentaries and is distinguished from the words of Quduri's short clause.