Once goods have been sold and delivered, the unpaid seller’s remaining right is generally a price debt against the buyer. Discovering the item still in the buyer’s possession does not automatically convert that debt back into ownership of the object.
The Hanafi analysis treats the price as an obligation owed and the possessed goods as part of the buyer’s estate in which other creditors also have interests.
I formerly owned these goods is not the same as I still own them.
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Kitab al-Hajr: Creditors After Release and Final Rulings
Once goods have been sold and delivered, the unpaid seller’s remaining right is generally a price debt against the buyer. Discovering the item still in the buyer’s possession does not automatically convert that debt back into ownership of the object.
The Hanafi analysis treats the price as an obligation owed and the possessed goods as part of the buyer’s estate in which other creditors also have interests.
I formerly owned these goods is not the same as I still own them.