Is it permissible for me to purchase an item if the seller has pledged to refund the money to the first buyer in the event that I pay more, knowing that the first buyer has expressed disinterest in the item?
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It is impermissible to sell over another's sale or to buy over another's purchase, due to the Prophet's prohibition thereof in his saying: "None of you should sell over the sale of another, until he has bought or given up." The form of selling over another's sale is when a person offers a similar commodity at a lower, equal, or higher price after the two parties have agreed. The form of buying over another's purchase is when a person offers to buy the commodity at a higher price after the two parties have agreed. This prohibition is due to the enmity and hatred it causes.
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