A man who pays in advance for food (salam) and takes part of the food and part of the capital: those who said there is no harm in it

Sa'id bin Jubayr said: A man came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and said: I made a salam contract with a man for one thousand dirhams, to receive grain. I took half of the grain from him and sold it for one thousand dirhams. Then he came to me and returned half of the capital, that is, five hundred dirhams, to me. How is this? He said: This is a kindness (ma'ruf), and he will receive two rewards.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: This is a kindness (ma'ruf).

Shurayh said: There is no harm in a man taking back part of the capital and taking part of the goods of the salam contract.

Ibn al-Hanafiyyah said: There is no harm in it.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: There is no harm in it.

Ata said: There is no harm in it.

Abu al-Sha'tha' said: If someone made a salam contract of one hundred dinars for one thousand faraq, there is no harm in his taking five hundred faraq and having fifty dinars written against the seller. (A faraq is the name of a measure.)

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: There is no harm in it.

Muhammad bin Ali said: There is no harm in it.

Humayd bin Abd al-Rahman said: If a man made a salam contract for dirhams, then took some wheat and took the rest back as dirhams, this is a kindness (ma'ruf); there is no harm in it.