What is the ruling on saying: 'I sold you this heap, every qafiz for one dirham, on the condition that I add one qafiz from this other heap'?

Chapter on Selling Assets and Fruits

Al-Mughni

Book of Sales

Book 12 · Issue 4 · Bab 4

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The sale is invalid because it leads to the ambiguity of the total price in detail, as it effectively becomes 'one qafiz plus an unknown amount for one dirham.' The ambiguity arises from the lack of knowledge regarding the total number of qafizes in the heap.