LessonsKitab al-Buyu: Grain Sales, Bulk Heaps, Qafiz and Unit PricesQuiz

A rigid bowl normally has a stable capacity. A soft bag or expandable sack may hold different amounts depending on packing, stretching or compression.

Hanafi commentary stresses that identifying a vessel is useful only when the physical standard genuinely reduces uncertainty.

“Fill this rigid container once” differs from an unspecified or elastic “one bag.”

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Why the measure must be stable

Kitab al-Buyu: Grain Sales, Bulk Heaps, Qafiz and Unit Prices

A rigid bowl normally has a stable capacity. A soft bag or expandable sack may hold different amounts depending on packing, stretching or compression.

Hanafi commentary stresses that identifying a vessel is useful only when the physical standard genuinely reduces uncertainty.

“Fill this rigid container once” differs from an unspecified or elastic “one bag.”