Bab al-Sarf: Precious-Metal Exchange, Possession and Composite Goods

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• What characterises both considerations in sarf?
• What is wrong with immediate exchange of 10 g silver for 11 g silver?
• What is the effect of workmanship when swapping gold jewellery for raw gold?
• Which condition remains essential for gold exchanged for silver?
• When may gold and silver of unequal weights be validly exchanged?
• What happens if one consideration remains unreceived at separation?
• Can a promise or receipt automatically replace possession in sarf?
• What does taqabud mean in sarf?
• Which requirement changes when gold and silver are different genera?
• Which scenario illustrates permissible bulk gold-for-silver exchange?
• Which condition is not waived by bulk gold-for-silver sale?
• Why is onward sale of unpaid sarf consideration prohibited?
• What must be distinguished in a silver-adorned sword sold for silver dirhams?
• Sword costs 100 dirhams; silver fittings contain 50 dirhams of silver. What do 50 paid in session cover?
• Does the sword allocation fail if the buyer does not expressly assign the 50 dirhams?
• The buyer says the 50 are toward both components; what is Quduri’s special allocation?
• Sarf settlement for fittings fails; removing them would damage the sword. What follows?
• If silver fittings detach without damage, which ruling applies?
• A 100-dirham-weight silver vessel sells for 100 silver dirhams; only 50 are received. What follows?
• What arises in a silver vessel after only a valid portion of its price is settled?
• Part of a silver vessel belongs to a third party. What may the buyer do?
• Why does third-party title produce different options for a vessel and raw silver ingot?
• A third party proves title to part of an unworked silver ingot. What follows?
• Which two conditions apply to same-metal sarf?
• Which statement correctly describes gold-for-silver exchange?
• Silver due in sarf is resold before its receipt. Which rule governs?
• A 100-dirham-weight silver vessel sells for 100 dirhams, 60 received. What does this teach?
• How does damage from removing sword fittings affect the contract?
• What is a nuqrah in the present discussion?
• Which conceptual distinction recurs throughout these sarf cases?