Is a sale valid if the seller says: 'on the condition that I deduct one qafiz from you'?

Chapter on Selling Assets and Fruits

Al-Mughni

Book of Sales

Book 12 · Issue 3 · Bab 4

Open in Qurani

Primary text

The sale is invalid. This condition implies the contract is for the specified heap, minus an unspecified qafiz, where every qafiz is priced at one dirham, which involves an unknown quantity.