LessonsKitab al-Buyu: Offer, Acceptance, Binding Sales and Price ClarityQuiz

Prevailing custom helps only when the intended currency is genuinely obvious to the parties.

Case 1: An ordinary local purchase with an unmistakable customary currency.
Case 2: A cross-border online contract in which dollars, rupees and other units are plausible.

Writing the currency explicitly is prudent, particularly in remote or international sales.

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Commercial Custom Versus Explicit Terms

Kitab al-Buyu: Offer, Acceptance, Binding Sales and Price Clarity

Prevailing custom helps only when the intended currency is genuinely obvious to the parties.

Case 1: An ordinary local purchase with an unmistakable customary currency.
Case 2: A cross-border online contract in which dollars, rupees and other units are plausible.

Writing the currency explicitly is prudent, particularly in remote or international sales.