A seller agrees to deliver 10 qafiz of grain. The promised quantity must be measured before proper delivery.
Measuring completes the seller's duty to furnish the specified goods; hence the fee is placed on the seller in the stated case.
Where a specified heap is sold as a visible undivided lot without a measuring obligation, the same measuring-service duty cannot simply be assumed.
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Kitab al-Buyu: Grain in Ears, House Keys, Transaction Costs and Delivery
A seller agrees to deliver 10 qafiz of grain. The promised quantity must be measured before proper delivery.
Measuring completes the seller's duty to furnish the specified goods; hence the fee is placed on the seller in the stated case.
Where a specified heap is sold as a visible undivided lot without a measuring obligation, the same measuring-service duty cannot simply be assumed.