Giving goods worth one and a half rupees for one rupee

Question

Question: If some seller, as a concession, gives someone goods worth “8/” (?) for one rupee, and the buyer, on the pretext that “I owe a debt”, gives the seller eight annas (a coin worth 1/16 of a rupee) — while the seller is not willing to accept it by any other means — is this ruse permissible or not?

Answer

When the seller deliberately, by way of concession, gives goods worth one and a half rupees for one rupee, these eight annas are not a debt owed to him; calling them a debt is wrong and contrary to the facts. If one must make a return for the concession, then let him give him something as a gift (hadiyya), in such a way that his mind does not even shift to it.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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