Expenses added to the capital

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to regard it as acceptable for a man to sell an item worth ten for twelve, as long as he does not take a profit on the expenses.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib declared it disliked for a man, when selling on a cost-plus basis (murabahah), to take a profit on the expenses as well.

Al-Hasan saw no harm in this.

Muhammad (Ibn Sirin) saw no harm in taking a profit on the expenses.

Ibn Sirin said: There is no harm in counting the expenses as part of the goods.

Abdul Rahman bin Ajlan said: I asked Ibrahim: "We buy goods, then add the cost of fulling, hire and the like to them, and then sell them at a profit. Is this valid?" He said: "There is no harm in it."

Tawus was asked about a man who buys wheat and then also pays the hire for it: may he take a profit on it? He said: "When he declares it, there is no harm."

Ata was asked about a man who sells something at a profit and also takes a profit on the hire: is this valid? He said: "On what he spent in the land from which he set out, he may take the profit if he wishes, but on what he spent in the city where he sold it, he will not take the profit."