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Conditions in Contract
1- Contract of Sale
The essential elements and the necessary
conditions in a contract of sale are:
1. Contract : Offer & Acceptance
(i) In definite and decisive language and absolute.
(The Majelle - Majallah Al-Ahkam Al-Adliyah complete code of Islamic Civil Law, provides as
follows:
Art. 169: For the offer and acceptance the past
tense is generally used.
Art. 170: By aourist tense like Alirim and
Satarim if the present tense is meant, the sale is
concluded, and if the future is meant, the sale is
not completed.
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(iii) The contract must be made at the one and the same
meeting.
(Mjl. Art. 183: After the offer and before the
acceptance, if one of the two parties gives an
indication of dissent, whether by word or act, the
offer becomes void, and there is no longer room for
an acceptance.
Art. 185: On new offer being made before
acceptance, the first offer becomes void, and
consideration is paid to the second offer.)
(ii)
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(iv) It must be of pure substance.
(Mjl.Art. 199:It is necessary that the thing sold
should be mal mutaqawwim.
Art. 126: Mal is a thing which naturally is
desired
by man, and can be stored for times
of necessity.
Art. 127: Mal mutaqawwim is a
thing the benefit of
which is permissible by law to
enjoy.)
(v) The thing sold must be known.
(Mjl. Art. 200: It is necessary that the thing
sold
should be known to the buyer.
Art. 201: The thing sold becomes known by a
description of its qualities and state, which will
distinguish it from other things.)
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(vi) The thing sold must be owned by the
seller.
(Mjl. Art. 365: In order that a sale may
be
nafiz, it is a condition that the
seller should be the owner of the property sold,
or agent, or natural
or appointed guardian of
the owner of the
property, and that there
should be no right in any
one else.)
3.
The Price
4.
(ii)
2 - Contract of Leasing
The essential elements are:
1. Lessor
(The necessary conditions are the
same as those for
buyer and seller
in the contract of sale.)
2. Lessee
(The necessary conditions are the
same as those for
buyer and seller.)
3.
Contract
The necessary conditions are:
4.
Asset
The necessary conditions are:
5. Benefit
It must meet these necessary
conditions:
(i)
It can be fixed in
value.
(ii)
The lessor has the
power and capability to use and
lease the asset.
(iii)
It must be
(iv)
It is known.
(Art. 451 : In a
contract of hire it is necessary to
make known the use to which the
thing hired is to
be put, in
such a way as to put a stop to
dispute.
Art. 452 : As regards
(iv)
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Art. 454 : When land (Arazi)
is taken on rent,
together with
the time fixed, it is necessary to
say for what business it has been
hired, and if it
is for agriculture,
to fix what will be sown, or to
make it general, saying for sowing
whatever the
hirer wishes.
6. Rental
Its necessary condition is that:
(i)
It must be known.
(Art. 450 : It is a
condition that the rent be
known.
Art. 464 : if the
consideration for the letting is
cash, it is known by fixing its
(i)
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Art. 465 : If the
consideration (Bedel) for the
letting is composed of merchandise
(Aruz), or
things
measured (Mekilat) on things weighed
(Meozunat) or things
numbered which are alike