Taslif (advance payment; loan)

In the lexicon, taslif means advancing something. In dealings it names a loan, and also a sale in which the price is paid at once and the goods, fixed by description, are delivered at a known term; the majority call this salam. ¹

Salaf is lawful by the Book, the Sunna and consensus. The jurists made the salam an exception to the ban on selling what does not yet exist, for the ease of people, since farmers and traders need funds until their crops ripen. A loan is recommended and permitted to the borrower, and the Muslims agree on its lawfulness. ²

The details of the salam are treated under the term "salam", and the details of the loan under the term "loan". ^{2 3}