Chapter on Barter and Transaction with Immediate Buyback (inah)

"There is no harm, as long as the origin of the item is lawful."

I said to Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha (as): "A man has wealth and goes to another man who sells him a pearl worth one hundred dirhams for one thousand dirhams, deferring the payment to a later time." Imam (as) said:…

I said to Abu Abdullah (as): "I appointed a specific loan (aynah) for a man, and it became due. I said to him, 'Repay me.' He said: 'I do not have it now, so specify another loan for me until I can repay you.'" Imam (as)…

"There is no harm in it."