Is an agreement valid if parties agree that each shall bear an unspecified amount of burden for the shared wall?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Settlement

Book 16 · Issue 2 · Bab 1

Open in Qurani

Primary text

This agreement is not permissible because the burden (*al-haml*) is indeterminate. The burden could potentially involve weights beyond the capacity of the structure to bear.