Is a sale contract valid if the price is stated in a mixture of gold and silver without specifying the amount of each?
Chapter on Selling the Musarrah (Animal with milk retained in udder)
Al-Mughni
Book of Sales
Primary text
A sale specifying the price as 'one hundred in gold and silver' is invalid. This is the position of al-Shāfiʻī.
Supporting text
Abu Ḥanīfah deems this valid, requiring the price to be split equally (half gold, half silver) based on the implication of equality in an unspecified quantity.