What is the minimum amount obligatory when one admits owing 'many dirhams' according to Abu Hanifa?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Acknowledgment of Rights

Book 20 · Issue 2 · Bab 1

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Abu Hanifa rules that the explanation (that 'many dirhams' means at least three) is not accepted unless the amount reaches ten dirhams, because ten is the minimum number constituting the plural of abundance (*ajm'a al-kathrah*).