What is the validity of a purchase made in violation of an explicit minimum price instruction?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Agency

Book 19 · Issue 2 · Bab 1

Open in Qurani

Primary text

If the principal explicitly instructs the agent, 'Do not buy it for less than one hundred,' and the agent contravenes this by buying it for less, the transaction is void. The explicit statement of the principal takes precedence over the implication derived from custom.