LessonsAda and Qada: The Required Act and Its SubstituteQuiz

Now compare the other classical Mahr example. No particular enslaved individual was identified; an unspecified enslaved person was named as Mahr.

In that historical case, a person of the middle category is due. Giving that person discharges the Mahr. Giving the value of that middle category also discharges it in the stated case.

Giving the value is called Qada resembling Ada. Unlike the earlier specified example, the duty was not tied to one identified individual. That difference is essential to the comparison.

  • When the Historical Mahr Was Not Identified

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When the Historical Mahr Was Not Identified

Ada and Qada: The Required Act and Its Substitute

Now compare the other classical Mahr example. No particular enslaved individual was identified; an unspecified enslaved person was named as Mahr.

In that historical case, a person of the middle category is due. Giving that person discharges the Mahr. Giving the value of that middle category also discharges it in the stated case.

Giving the value is called Qada resembling Ada. Unlike the earlier specified example, the duty was not tied to one identified individual. That difference is essential to the comparison.

  • When the Historical Mahr Was Not Identified