Is it permissible or forbidden to purchase a tanker on a one-year installment plan for $16,500, while its current cash price is $13,0?
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It is permissible for the price of a commodity in an installment sale to be greater than its price in a cash sale, provided that the seller and the buyer agree upon one of the two prices before completing the sale, in order to prevent ambiguity.
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