he will sell it to him, the price being already known to the one who took the item and who then sells it to the customer for that agreed-upon amount. In this there is no objection, for agency (wakalah), as the scholars state, is concluded by whatever indicates it, whether a spoken word or an action.

Question Six: What is the ruling if a buyer purchases a piece of gold and stipulates that, should it not suit him, he may return it to the shop for an exchange or a refund? What is the lawful way to handle such a case, bearing in mind that some customers live far from the city and cannot return to the shop the same day or the next?

Answer: In such circumstances, the preferable and sounder course is for the buyer to take the gold item before the contract is finalized, bring it home to his family, and if it is acceptable, return to the shopkeeper and conduct a new sale and purchase; this is the best option. But if he has already bought the item, concluded the contract, and then stipulates an option for himself that, should it prove suitable