A qafiz is a historical unit of measure; hinta means wheat. Al-Quduri does not assign the qafiz a universally fixed number of dirhams. He directs that its value be deducted.
It would be unsound to impose an unverified modern kilogram conversion on every historical use of this measure. The exact measure can depend on historical context. The governing rule in this lesson is to identify the appropriate qafiz of wheat, assess its monetary value, and deduct that value from the admitted dirhams.
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What a qafiz of wheat means
Kitab al-Iqrar: Connected Exceptions, Quantities, and Cross-Category Exceptions
A qafiz is a historical unit of measure; hinta means wheat. Al-Quduri does not assign the qafiz a universally fixed number of dirhams. He directs that its value be deducted.
It would be unsound to impose an unverified modern kilogram conversion on every historical use of this measure. The exact measure can depend on historical context. The governing rule in this lesson is to identify the appropriate qafiz of wheat, assess its monetary value, and deduct that value from the admitted dirhams.