What is the ruling when an agent contracts to buy two slaves, specifying the price for each separately, using a single acceptance?
General Chapter
Al-Mughni
Book of Agency
Primary text
If an agent buys two slaves, and the seller specifies the price for each (e.g., 'I sold you these two slaves, this one for one hundred and this one for two hundred'), and the agent responds with a single acceptance ('Qabiltu'), there are two potential rulings. If the price for each slave is not specified, the sale is invalid under one ruling because the price for each individual slave remains unknown (majhul).
Supporting text
Under the alternative ruling, the sale might be deemed valid, and the total price would be apportioned to each slave according to its respective value.