What is the validity of a purchase made by an agent for less than the specified maximum price?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Agency

Book 19 · Issue 1 · Bab 1

Open in Qurani

Primary text

If an agent is authorized to buy a specific slave for a hundred units, and the agent buys the slave for fifty or any amount less than one hundred, the transaction is valid and binding upon the principal. This validity stems from the implicit permission derived from custom (Urf).