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Raqm (the marking of a price on goods, and pictures on cloth): sale by the written price, and the decorated cloth

الرقم

Raqm in the lexicon is the weaving of cloth; technically it is the mark that shows the price for which a sale takes place, or the price written on the cloth. 1 2 A sale by the written price is valid when both know the price; when both are ignorant it is void according to the majority, and the Hanbalis hold it valid if the ignorant party learns the price before they part. 2 3 A hadith forbids images in houses but excepts a mark on cloth. 3

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Raqm in the lexicon is the weaving of cloth; technically it is the mark that shows the price for which a sale takes place, or the price written on the cloth. 1 2 A sale by the written price is valid when both know the price; when both are ignorant it is void according to the majority, and the Hanbalis hold it valid if the ignorant party learns the price before they part. 2 3 A hadith forbids images in houses but excepts a mark on cloth. 3

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  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8939
  2. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8940
  3. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8941
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Unlawful tolls and levies (mukus)

Mukus is the plural of maks, which in the lexicon means loss and injustice. It names the dues taken from sellers in markets in the pre-Islamic period, and the toll that a collector takes from merchants entering a town. The jurists distinguish it from the tithe on trade, the general collection, the levies and the kharaj on land. Some levies are blameworthy and forbidden, the hadith on Uqba ibn 'Amir stating that the one who takes a toll does not enter Paradise; others are not, such as the half tithe Umar imposed on the trade of the protected people. Most jurists hold that a toll paid cannot be counted as zakat; the Malikis allow a pilgrim to be excused from pilgrimage when the toll is heavy.