Question
In jurisprudence, selling gold in installments with an increase in its price is prohibited, and the reason is that gold and currency are the same thing. So why do we buy gold today for one thousand dinars, and then have to sell it after a while for a higher or lower amount based on the first principle? Does this not constitute usury? And are gold and currency the same in this time?
Answer
I say, and with God's success: The first rule has nothing to do with what I said; because when its price changed after a while, it was permissible to sell it at a new price according to the new agreement, and the religious prohibition is in a single contract; because there must be equality and immediate exchange in the session, as the hadiths have consistently reported. Both gold and currency are considered of the same kind of prices, so it takes its ruling, and God knows best.