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Summary
Malik says it is not proper to make an unborn foetus in its mother's womb an exception when she is sold, because that is uncertainty: one does not know if it is male or female, beautiful or ugly, defective or complete, alive or dead, and that lowers the price. 1
Place in the museum
Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Sales. Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Malik ibn Anas. Built on in the chapters on uncertainty (gharar) and sale.
Connections
- Part of
- Muwatta, Book of Sales (buyu')
- Mentions
- Malik ibn Anas
- Basis for
- uncertainty (gharar)· sale (bay')
People and things also explored
Muwatta 1781· Muwatta 1782· Muwatta 1783· Muwatta 1784· Muwatta 1786· Muwatta 1787· Muwatta 1788· Muwatta 1789
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf) , p.130
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islam.museum contributors. “Muwatta 1785”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/muwatta-17-1785/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.