The next cases involve one identified cloth or plot of land. A measurement may function as a description or attribute of that one thing rather than independent units sold separately.
“Take this whole cloth for 10 dirhams; it is 10 cubits long” differs from “this cloth, each cubit for 1 dirham.”
The legal treatment of excess and deficiency changes depending on which contractual structure was chosen.
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Kitab al-Buyu: Shortage, Surplus, Buyer Options and Price Allocation
The next cases involve one identified cloth or plot of land. A measurement may function as a description or attribute of that one thing rather than independent units sold separately.
“Take this whole cloth for 10 dirhams; it is 10 cubits long” differs from “this cloth, each cubit for 1 dirham.”
The legal treatment of excess and deficiency changes depending on which contractual structure was chosen.