LessonsResale Before Possession, Re-measurement and Price AdjustmentsQuiz

والتصرف في الثمن قبل القبض جائز
Translation: Legal disposition of the price before receipt is permissible.

In an ordinary sale, the unpaid price claim can be subject to permitted legal disposition before the seller receives it. The reason offered is that a general monetary claim does not normally carry the same risk of dissolution through the destruction of a specifically identified object.

This differs from resale of an unreceived movable asset. The common word “possession” does not make the two rulings identical.

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Disposal of the price claim before receipt

Resale Before Possession, Re-measurement and Price Adjustments

والتصرف في الثمن قبل القبض جائز
Translation: Legal disposition of the price before receipt is permissible.

In an ordinary sale, the unpaid price claim can be subject to permitted legal disposition before the seller receives it. The reason offered is that a general monetary claim does not normally carry the same risk of dissolution through the destruction of a specifically identified object.

This differs from resale of an unreceived movable asset. The common word “possession” does not make the two rulings identical.