مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ٦١٧ - MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS

transferred by the name of business transaction. For example. he may sell ١٠٠,٠٠٠ Iranian rials for ٥٠٠ Iraqi dinars on the promise for a fixed period.
(ii) A person may sell a match box or a handkerchief or something else for ١٠,٠٠٠ rials on the condition that he may give the buyer ١٠٠,٠٠٠ rials as loan for a specified period say for one year, without interest. Or that a person may have taken loan and the due date of its repayment may have expired and he may be desirous of an extension of time and the creditor may sell a match box to the debtor for ١٠٠٠ rials on the condition that he will defer repayment of his loan for one month without charging any interest. And the adoption of these methods for renewal and extension of time is for the reason that it is not permissible that thecreditor may demand from the debtor something at the very outset for the renewal or extension of the period of repayment. And if it is thought that this is only a shamdevice, because none will purchase for ١٠٠٠ rials a match box which costs only one rial it may be said that this thinking is unjustified because non enters into such atransaction without cause. However, when a loan of ١٠٠,٠٠٠ rials without interest for a period of one year is attached to it everybody will be prepared to buy (a match boxfor ١٠٠٠ rials). A number of narrations on this subject have been quoted in the chapters of the book Wassail-us-Shiah containing orders on Contracts and in order to dispelany doubt we quote one of them hereunder:
The late Sheikh Tusi has quoted with authentic authority from Muhammad bin Ishaq bin Ammar, a reliable narrator. who has beenreported to have said: "I said to Imam Musa Kazim son of Imam Jafar Sadiq (P): A person owes me some dirhams. He has requested me to allow him extension of time and isprepared to ge me a profit. I intend selling to him for ١٠٠٠٠ dirhams my cloak which is worth ١٠٠٠ dirhams and also allow him to defer repayment of my dues. TheHoly Imam said: "There is no harm in it.