Selling a Fruit Crop or Giving It on Contract

Question

(1) In the extensive graveyard belonging to the Anjuman-i Islamiyya (Islamic Society), a guava orchard has been newly planted, and there are also some old mango, Bengal quince and other trees. For a long time now, two guava crops and one crop of mangoes and the orchard, together with the grass of the graveyard land, have been sold together by auction; supervision, protection and irrigation are also undertaken. The buyers hold possession of the orchard for one year and pay the price gradually.

Answer

The first option is not correct; the second option can be correct by way of interpretation (ta’wil); the third option is free of any objection.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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