مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ٦١٢ - MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS

acquires value for this reason, such as things which are eaten and drunk, and carpets, utensils, different kinds of gems etc.
(ii) That the property has no intrinsic value and merit, but its value is nominal; for example postage stamps and similar other stamps the price of which has been fixed by government as $ ١ or more or less than that and they are used for being affixed on letters and on applications submitted to customs and courts and are accepted by the registrars office for the registration of transactions and it is for this reason that they acquire value. And whenever government wishes to deprive them of their value it affixes the stamp of cancellation on them and deprives them of their value.
٢٨٤٢. The commodities which concern a business transaction or debt are of two kinds:
(i) Those which are measured and weighed.
(ii) Those which are not measured and weighed.
The first kind belongs to those things, whose price and value is determined by means of measurement or weight e.g. rice, wheat, barley, gold, silver etc. Thesecond kind is of those articles whose price and value is determined either by counting (e.g. eggs of a hen) or by measuring (i.e. through feet. yards, meters etc) e.g. clothand carpet etc. Now the position is that in the case of debt if a commodity is given to another person as debt and a condition is imposed that something extra will be givenat the time of repayment, it is usury; and the debt becomes unlawful whether the commodity is weighed and measured or not. And in the case of business transaction also if athing which can be weighed and measured is bought and sold with a commodity of the same genus with the condition of excess payment the transaction will be void. But if atransaction is made of a thing which is not weighed and measured with a thing of the same genus even on the condition of excess payment, it will not be usury. Hence we