Is the inability of a female slave to cook, bake, or similar domestic tasks a defect?

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

Al-Mughni

Book of Sales

Book 12 · Issue 15 · Bab 5

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The inability of a female slave to perform cooking, baking, or similar tasks is not a defect, as these are skills (*hiraf*), and the absence of a skill is not a defect, similar to other crafts.