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Chapter Two

The Science of Earning through Trade, Usury, As Salam (i.e. sale in, which
price is paid for goods to be delivered later) Rental, Loans and Partnership

First: Sales Contract

Allah has permitted trade, it has three pillars.

The First pillar: the parties to the contract, the trader is restrained from trading
with any of the following four: -

An infant child; a mentally disordered person; a slave; the blind; this is because
the underage child is not responsible nor the madman.

The Second pillar: concerns the goods to be supplied under the contract; the
ownership of the merchandise intended to be transferred from one party in the
contract to the other, six conditions pertain to it: