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Chapter: When the goods stipulated in a salam contract are not delivered at their due date
If a man agrees on salam terms for fresh dates, green figs, grapes, or any similar fruit, yet fails to take possession until the crop is used up or no longer available, Mālik and his associates have several opinions on the issue.
- They reckon with him for whatever quantity he has already received. For the balance of his capital he may, at his discretion, either leave it with the seller for as long as he wishes or recover it.
- Alternatively, he may defer the undelivered portion of the salam until the next season.
- Or, if he prefers, he may annul the salam altogether and take back the price he originally paid. Should he cancel the contract, he is then free to spend that sum at once on any foodstuffs or other goods he chooses, but he may not postpone its use.
If he has not taken delivery of anything at all, the same rulings apply as we have just mentioned in
باب عدم السلم عند محله
من أسلم في رطب أو تين أخضر أو عنب أو ما أشبه ذلك من الثمار فلم يقبضه حتى نفد أو انقطع فلمالك وأصحابه في ذلك اقوال أحدها إنه يحاسبه بما أخذ إن كان قبض منه شيئا ويؤخره بما بقي عليه من رأس ماله ما شاء أو يقبضه وإن شاء أخره بما بقي عليه من السلم إلى العام المقبل وإن شاء فسخ سلمه وأخذ ثمنه فإن فسخه كان له أن يأخذ بذلك ما شاء من الطعام وغيره معجلا ولا يؤخره وإن كان لم يقبض منه شيئا فحكمه ما ذكرنا أيضا في