A man who buys a debt note for cloth

Ibrahim said: "There is no harm in buying a debt document against a man in exchange for cloth, whether he intended it or did not intend it."

Al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked about a man who bought from another man, in exchange for cloth, a document in which there are three dinars. He said: "This is not proper."

Al-Sha'bi used to dislike it, and he would say: "It is a deception (gharar)."

Al-Hasan said: "When a person's bankruptcy becomes evident, it is not permissible for him to free a slave while he owes a debt; and if his bankruptcy is not evident, it is permissible for him to free a slave."