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Al-Baqarah 2: 283

That is fairest in the sight of Allah; it is best for testimony and is more likely to exclude all doubts. If it be a matter of buying and selling on the spot, it is not blameworthy if you do not write it down; but do take witnesses when you settle commercial transactions with one another. And the scribe or the witness may be done no harm. It will be sinful if you do so. Beware of the wrath of Allah. He teaches you the Right Way and has full knowledge of everything.

(283) And if you are on a journey and do not find a scribe to write the document then resort to taking pledges in hand.103

But if any of you trusts another, let him who is trusted, fulfil the trust and fear Allah, his Lord.

And do not conceal what you have witnessed, for who- ever conceals it, his heart is sinful. ▶

103 It should also be noted that the purpose of taking a pledge is merely to assure the lender the return of his loan. He has no right at all to benefit from the pledged property. If, however, either cattle or beasts of burden have been pledged, they can be milked and used for transport in lieu of the fodder that one provides them during the period of custody.

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