Reference for Avodah Zarah 45:3

אלא לאו ש"מ שאני לן בין לכתחלה לדיעבד ממאי דלמא לעולם אימא לך אפילו דיעבד נמי לא והכא היינו טעמא דמתיירא משום הפסד ממונו

Does this not prove that we differentiate between ab initio and ex post facto? But how would you know this! Perhaps I could say to you that the prohibition applies even after it happened, but here the reason is that the non-Jew will be afraid to lose his money!

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