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Is it permissible to take ready-made bread from the bakery in exchange for flour and money, while being unaware whether the bread is made from the same flour sent or from another type?

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It is not permissible to sell bread for its flour due to ignorance of equality, and the prohibition increases if the sale is on credit. As for the difference in flour types, it does not affect the ruling unless the flour is of one genus and the bread is of another genus. In such a case, the sale is permissible on condition of immediate possession and no deferment, like selling wheat flour for barley bread. A genus is that which encompasses different types, and a type is that which encompasses different things in their individual persons. Any two types that share a specific name belong to the same genus.

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