Is the purchase binding if the agent violates the stipulated description or exceeds the specified price?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Agency

Book 19 · Issue 2 · Bab 1

Open in Qurani

Primary text

If the agent deviates from the specified description or purchases the slave for a price exceeding the one hundred stipulated, the purchase is not binding upon the principal (the one who authorized the purchase).