Is the seller entitled to take back a garment after the buyer has shortened it, if the value did not increase?
General Chapter
Al-Mughni
Book of the Insolvent (Bankruptcy)
Primary text
If the buyer shortens a garment and its value does not increase, the seller has the right to reclaim it. This is because the essence of the seller's property remains, its name is unchanged, no part of it has been lost, and nothing has been attached to it. This right to reclaim persists even if the value decreased, as the decrease is a defect in quality which does not prevent reclamation, analogous to forgetting a craft or the thinning of a slave. The seller receives nothing else upon reclaiming the garment.