Hybrid Contract in Islamic Financial Services

The hybrid contract is needed to accommodate modern transactions unavailable in the classical Islamic period. The current financial service products use hybrid contracts, such as in debt transfer, import and export letters of credit, and credit cards. The evaluation of the use of contracts in these products reveals the use of multiple alternative contracts in debt transfer and Letters of Credit; and single contract alternative for credit card services. This study shows the complexity of contracts in modern financial products, requiring more complex documentation. The merger of several contracts in one transaction is based on the argument that there is no prohibition on using multiple contracts in one transaction, as long as it avoids usury (ribā)