فصاحب المتاع أسوة الغرماء فيه
Translation: The person who sold the goods stands on the same footing as the other creditors in regard to them.
Uswat al-ghuramaʾ means that mere ability to identify the delivered goods does not, on this Hanafi rule, automatically let the unpaid seller take them in full ahead of everyone else. The seller is a creditor for the unpaid price.
This assumes completed delivery and ordinary debt status; a true trust, undelivered goods or independently secured pledge is not the same case.
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The unpaid seller ranks with the other creditors
Kitab al-Hajr: Creditors After Release and Final Rulings
فصاحب المتاع أسوة الغرماء فيه
Translation: The person who sold the goods stands on the same footing as the other creditors in regard to them.
Uswat al-ghuramaʾ means that mere ability to identify the delivered goods does not, on this Hanafi rule, automatically let the unpaid seller take them in full ahead of everyone else. The seller is a creditor for the unpaid price.
This assumes completed delivery and ordinary debt status; a true trust, undelivered goods or independently secured pledge is not the same case.