Table IV.

Bayʿ and salaf in tawarruq-based deposit/placement structures

ContractExplanation
SalafStep 1
The customer places money with the bank.
In most cases, the purchase of commodity will only take place on the next business day. Thus, the money will be held by the bank on a qarḍ basis and will thus be used by the bank for its usual banking business.
Relationship between bank and customer in salaf
Bank: Borrower
Customer: Lender
BayʿStep 3
The customer then sells that commodity to the bank at a selling price comprising cost-plus-profit to be paid by the bank at a later date, which is at the end of the agreed tenure.
Relationship between the bank and customer in bayʿ
Bank: Buyer
Customer: Seller
Source: Authors’ own

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