An Arabic term (قبض فعلي) that means taking actual possession of an object of sale or exchange, an amount of money, a financial instrument, etc. In the context of a contract of sarf (currency exchange), qabd fe’eli refers to taking possession, by the two parties, of the amounts of the two underlying currencies, in an actual manner (physically). In currency exchange, qabd fe’eli (physical possession) involves taking possession by means of simultaneous delivery by hand (i.e., qabd fe’eli against qabd fe’el- or simultaneous, physical taqabud).
Qabd, in general, is classified as qabd haqiqi (qabd fe’eli) and qabd hukmi.
