Example: “I owe him 100 dirhams, except 20.”
Original admitted total: 100
Valid exception: 20
Amount still due: 80
This is the ordinary case, but the legal answer is not merely arithmetic. The 20 is deducted because the exclusion is continuous and valid. If the speaker added it as a distinct later claim, its legal treatment would differ.
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Kitab al-Iqrar: Connected Exceptions, Quantities, and Cross-Category Exceptions
Example: “I owe him 100 dirhams, except 20.”
Original admitted total: 100
Valid exception: 20
Amount still due: 80
This is the ordinary case, but the legal answer is not merely arithmetic. The 20 is deducted because the exclusion is continuous and valid. If the speaker added it as a distinct later claim, its legal treatment would differ.