The ‘double sale’ soon became widely allowed and practiced. In fact, it ultimately became the basis of modern Islamic finance, which accomplishes the same process through almost instantaneous platinum transactions arranged by the bank lender.21 But when Malik looked at the ‘double sale,’ he saw only a clear plan to violate the spirit of God’s law. The ‘double sale’ was a means to precisely the interest-bearing loan that God and the Prophet had forbidden, and Malik prohibited it.22
