Can the seller immediately annul a sale if the buyer flees before weighing the price while insolvent?

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

Primary text

The seller possesses the immediate right to annul the sale (*faskh*) if the buyer flees before weighing the price while being insolvent (*mu'sir*). This right is established because if the seller may annul the sale while the buyer is present, the right is even stronger when the buyer flees.