It thus becomes known that if a person...

It thus becomes known that if a person, for example, sells 100 eggs of a hen to another person making him responsible for 110 eggs and tells him that he is responsible for 110 eggs it is necessary that there should be difference between the eggs to be given by each side for example one may sell 100 big eggs making the other person responsible for giving 110 eggs of medium size because if there is absolutely no difference between them the sale is not proved.

On the other hand it will, in fact, be debt in the shape of sale, and for this reason the transaction will become unlawful. 2843.

All banknotes like Iraqi dinars and British pounds and American dollars and Iranian rials and other similar currencies carry value, because the value of banknotes, which has been fixed by every government is accepted and is current through out the country, and for this reason they have value, and can be demoralized and deprived of their value and credit any time the government wishes to do so. And it is also known that these banknotes cannot be weighed or measured.

For this reason if more is charged for these banknotes as compared with other things belonging to the same genus, it is not usury. And similarly if a person is responsible to pay these banknotes by way of debt it is not usury to make their transaction for cash whether it is more or less.

For example, if a person has to take $ **10.**000 from another person and he makes a transaction with regard to it for $ 9,000 in cash, it is not usury as has been explained by the late Ayatullah Yazdi in 'Article 56' of 'Mulhaqatul Urwah.' He says: "The banknotes are computed (i.e. they are counted and are not weighed or measured) and they do not belong to the genus of 'naqdain' (i.e. gold and silver) and have a fixed value and the orders pertaining to gold and silver do not apply to them.

Hence it is permissible to sell them for other banknotes at a higher or lower price. And similarly the order of "Surf" does not apply to them in accordance with which it is obligatory that possession be taken in the assembly. 2844. The pronote of currencies of which dealings take place among the people do not themselves carry any value and are not the basis of transaction. The basis of transaction is those currencies of which these pronotes are a means of proof.

For example, a person sells a cart load of wheat for $ 2000 and obtains a two months' pronote for it. Then he sells his claim for $ 100 less i.e.