Reconciling the apparent contradiction regarding the ownership of offspring upon rescission based on narrations from Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy upon him).

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The statement attributed to Ahmad by Hanbal, specifying that the offspring of a female slave or the offspring of a riding animal belong to the seller, is to be interpreted as referring to the specific instance where both the mother and the offspring were sold together at the time of the contract, meaning the offspring were included as part of the sold items themselves. This interpretation explains why these specific examples were mentioned while other forms of growth were excluded.