Despite the safeguards that were put in place, therefore, the possibility of an inadequate evaluation of risks was not to be underestimated, especially with reference to the most advanced and often opaque models, those relating to trading activities or complex financial products.
There is a debate on whether IF allows setting price at a future date with some scholars arguing it is not permissible and others with flexible interpretation that forward trades are permissible in Islam, if structured to provide specific quantity, time, weight and date.