Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle

early afternoon and ends when the imâm (who conducts the Friday
Prayer) ends the prayer by making the salâm, on Friday. [1]
It is
makrûh to offer a higher price for something being sold, (say, at an
auction,) among other customers although you are not planning to
buy it. After two people have already made an agreement on the
price of a commodity, it is makrûh to attempt to buy that
commodity at a higher price.
As is stated by Ibni ’Âbidîn ‘rahmatullâhi ’alaih’ in his discourse
on bâghîs and ’âsîs, it is makrûh tahrîmî to sell arms to people who
arouse fitna (instigation, mayhem, turmoil.) or who rise in
rebellion. Yet it is not makrûh to sell them raw material, e.g. iron,
which is used for making weapons. In other words, it is tahrîmî
makrûh to sell something that is, itself, directly used in committing
a sin or sins, whereas it is makrûh tanzîhî to sell material used for
making that thing. By the same token, whereas it is makrûh tahrîmî
to sell musical instruments, it is makrûh tanzîhî to sell raw material,
e.g. wood, to a maker of musical instruments. It is also makrûh
tanzîhî to sell a jâriya who is a strongstress or a gamecock to fâsiq
people. For, a jâriya is to be sold as a servant, not in order that she
will sing. It is also makrûh tanzîhî to sell grapes to a wine maker.
For, these things themselves are not used for sinful purposes; they
are used for preparing things that are harâm. If a person cannot sell
these things to places that are halâl, it will then be permissible for
him to sell them to a place that is makrûh tanzîhî.
Another business practice that would be harâm is to waylay the
dealers transporting food and other consumer goods from other
places before they enter a city, store the thereby cheaply bought
merchandize somewhere in the city, and sell them for high prices
later. This malpractice is termed ihtikâr (profiteering, hoarding). [2]
Before an agreement (between the seller and the buyer) has been
made on the value of a certain commodity, it will not be makrûh to
sell it to a third person who offers a higher price.
Sales that are makrûh are permissible; i.e. they are sahîh; yet
they are makrûh.
5– Sales that are mawqûf: Sale of a commodity in which
someone other than the seller also have a rightful share, is
dependent (mawqûf) on that other person’ permission. In other
words, it will never be the buyer’s property unless that person
[1] Please see the twenty-first chapter of the fourth fascicle of Endless
Bliss for ‘Friday Prayer’.
[2] Please see the fortieth chapter.
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