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Q: Please advise if the following type of transactions are valid, not valid or improper:
A business has an agreement with a supplier to pay after 30 days from date of delivery with a limit of R50 000.00.
1. The business puts a condition on all purchase orders, that should the supplier request an earlier payment, it will incur a early settlement discount of x% on a daily basis.
2. At times the business goes over the limit of R50 000.00 , hence early payment now becomes binding in order for the supplier to deliver further orders, can the business in this situation claim the x% early settlement discounts.
A: This is not permissible.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
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