قَالَ مَالِك فِي الَّذِي يَشْتَرِي السِّلْعَةَ مِنَ الرَّجُلِ عَلَى أَنْ يُوَفِّيَهُ تِلْكَ السِّلْعَةَ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى، إِمَّا لِسُوقٍ يَرْجُو نَفَاقَهَا فِيهِ، وَإِمَّا لِحَاجَةٍ فِي ذَلِكَ الزَّمَانِ الَّذِي اشْتَرَطَ عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ يُخْلِفُهُ الْبَائِعُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ الْأَجَلِ، فَيُرِيدُ الْمُشْتَرِي رَدَّ تِلْكَ السِّلْعَةِ عَلَى الْبَائِعِ : إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَيْسَ لِلْمُشْتَرِي، وَإِنَّ الْبَيْعَ لَازِمٌ لَهُ، وَإِنَّ الْبَائِعَ لَوْ جَاءَ بِتِلْكَ السِّلْعَةِ قَبْلَ مَحِلِّ الْأَجَلِ لَمْ يُكْرَهْ الْمُشْتَرِي عَلَى أَخْذِهَا .
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that if a person buys something on the condition that the seller will deliver the item to the buyer within a certain period, and the buyer has some interest in this, for example, there is hope that the goods will sell in the market at that time, or there is some other purpose, then if the seller breaks this promise and the buyer wishes to return the item to the seller, the buyer does not have this right, and the sale will remain binding. If the seller brings the item before the appointed time, the buyer will not be compelled to take it.