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Summary
Malik says of a box of wood wrapped in its case, or a Coptic cloth folded inside its fold: it is not permitted to sell them until they are unfolded and the contents are seen, because selling them is a sale of uncertainty, and is a touching sale. 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).
Connections
- Part of
- Muwatta, Book of Sales (buyu')
- Mentions
- Malik ibn Anas
- Basis for
- uncertainty (gharar)
People and things also explored
Muwatta 1781· Muwatta 1782· Muwatta 1783· Muwatta 1784· Muwatta 1785· Muwatta 1786· Muwatta 1787· Muwatta 1788
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf) , p.197
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islam.museum contributors. “Muwatta 1949”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/muwatta-17-1949/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.