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The question

Is taking 200 EGP in exchange for expediting the payment of a policy and collecting it from another party considered permissible or impermissible (halal or haram)?

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This transaction is impermissible because it involves selling a deferred debt for less than its immediate value to someone other than the debtor, which constitutes prohibited usury (riba). Although the permissibility of selling a debt to someone other than the debtor is a matter of scholarly dispute, the majority of scholars prohibit it. Those who permit it stipulate equivalence when selling a debt of the same type, which is not met here.

This differs from appointing the questioner to collect the value of the insurance policy for a known fee without advancing a portion of its value to the car owner before it is collected from the office. This is because advancing the value would make the questioner a lender, and it is impermissible to combine a loan with a contract of exchange, such as a sale or a lease, based on the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying: "It is not permissible to combine a loan and a sale."

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