What are the requirements for specifying the land when renting oxen for plowing?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Leasing

Book 25 · Issue 3 · Bab 1

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The land must be known through direct observation because conditions vary; it might be hard, tiring the oxen and the plow, or contain stones affecting the plowshare, or it might be soft and easy to plow, which cannot be accurately determined without seeing it.