Is a contract to excavate a specific depth (ten cubits) in a specified location valid?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Reviving Dead Land

Book 26 · Issue 1 · Bab 1

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Primary text

A contract to hire a person to dig ten cubits in a named place is valid because it is a specified, known hiring agreement (Ijarah ma'lumah).