Who owns the shirt if a tailor working in another's house disputes ownership with the house owner?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Claims and Evidences

Book 65 · Issue 2 · Bab 1

Open in Qurani

Primary text

The shirt belongs to the owner of the house. The custom is not for a person to bring a shirt to another's house specifically to have it sewn there; rather, the custom is that the house owner possesses the item being worked upon (the shirt).