Definition & Evidence

**Definition:** Making a financial asset security for a debt, to be recovered from it or from its price if repayment fails. **Legality:** **Evidence from Quran:** - **Quran:** "And if you are on a journey and cannot find a scribe, then a security deposit [should be] taken" [2:283] **Note on Travel Restriction:** The restriction to travel in the verse is based on the common situation (al-ghalib), not a condition. The Sunnah indicates its legality while resident. **Evidence from Sunnah:** - **Hadith of Aisha رضي الله عنها:** "The Prophet ﷺ bought food from a Jew on credit and pledged his iron armor to him" [Bukhari & Muslim]