Translator's Note: * The word used is
khiyar which means "choice”. That does not seem a very suitable word in English to indicate the subject of the chapter, as it is rather vague, and so I have taken the liberty of using a more explanatory phrase. The chapter deals with the kind of transaction where either party has in certain circumstances the right to annul it. "Option” would have been a good translation, but I wish to use this as part of the translation of
shuf'a in Chapter 12.
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Hakim b. Hizam reported God’s Messenger as saying, "Both parties in a business transaction have a right to annul it so long as they have not separated ; and if they tell the truth and make everything clear they will be b…
Ibn ‘Umar said that a man told the Prophet (ﷺ) that he was being deceived in business transactions, and he replied, "When you make a bargain say, 'There is no attempt to deceive'*.” Then the man made a habit of saying th…