مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ٦١٣ - MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS

come to the conclusion that if a person gives ١٠٠ eggs of a hen as debt to another person on the condition that he will repay ١١٠ eggs after two months it becomes usury, but if hesells ١٠٠ eggs for ١١٠ eggs payable after two months, and if there is difference between the eggs sold and the eggs purchased, it is not usury and the transaction is inorder. Hence, the difference is of name only and the result is the same. If the name is debt it is usury and if the name is purchase and sale it is not usury. It shouldbe noted here that the reality of debt is different from the reality of sale in the sense that debt means that a person gives his property to another person with theintention that the debtor will be responsible for it, whereas sale means that he gives his property to another person in exchange for the property which that other person isto give. Hence, it is necessary in the case of sale that the property sold should be different from the property which is to be given in exchange for it. It thus becomesknown that if a person, for example, sells ١٠٠ eggs of a hen to another person making him responsible for ١١٠ eggs and tells him that he is responsible for ١١٠ eggs it isnecessary that there should be difference between the eggs to be given by each side for example one may sell ١٠٠ big eggs making the other person responsible for giving ١١٠eggs of medium size because if there is absolutely no difference between them the sale is not proved. On the other hand it will, in fact, be debt in the shape of sale, andfor this reason the transaction will become unlawful.
٢٨٤٣. All banknotes like Iraqi dinars and British pounds and American dollars and Iranian rials and other similar currencies carry value, because the value ofbanknotes, which has been fixed by every government is accepted and is current through out the country, and for this reason they have value, and can be demoralized anddeprived of their value and credit any time the government wishes to do so. And it is also known that these banknotes cannot be weighed or measured. For this reason if