Can a buyer return an item with a defect when the seller was an agent (Wakil)?

Chapter on Selling the Musarrah (Animal with milk retained in udder)

Al-Mughni

Book of Sales

Book 12 · Issue 1 · Bab 5

Open in Qurani

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If an agent sells an item and the buyer later discovers a pre-existing defect, the buyer has the right to return the item to the principal (Muwakkil). This is because the sold item is subject to return due to defect, regardless of who the seller was.