Book of Agency and Guarantee

Question: Among the members of a tribe there may be something they call “al-ṣuḥb” in our land. It consists of obligations and covenants among them to support one another and cooperate, with their persons and their wealth, regarding whatever calamities...

Question: It is said that the prevailing ʿurf (custom) is acted upon in the Sharīʿah so long as it does not contradict a text; meaning that the judge rules in accordance with it, and it is said regarding it that...

Question: The tribes have customary practices (aʿrāf) by which they recognize one another and conduct their dealings; what is the ruling of the Sharīʿah regarding these customs?

Question: Insurance is a newly arisen issue; what is the ruling of the sharīʿah concerning it?

Question: I buy goods from Egypt, then ship them by boat to Yemen, and there are insurance companies which guarantee the arrival of the goods to Yemen and undertake to guarantee what is diminished of the goods due to sinking,...

Question: Three brothers undertook (to perform) ḥajj on behalf of their mother, then after a time she took her share of inheritance from her husband – one-eighth – and the three brothers are poor, while their mother is still alive....

Question: Among what occurs nowadays and in earlier times in agreements or sales contracts, or in a reconciliation agreement, or in an undertaking, or the like, is that the elder of the household, who acts on their behalf, or the...

Question: A man contracted a large project from some party, and that party requested from the man a bank guarantee on him. The contractor went to the bank and asked it to guarantee him to that party; the bank agreed,...

Question: A man said to another: “Sell and buy in such-and-such place, and I undertake for you whatever loss you incur in your trade,” and the guarantor had a purpose in this undertaking, namely to strengthen that market. Is it...

Question: A man has money with another, with which the latter buys and sells. When the owner of the money wanted to pay the zakāt, he said to his agent: “Take five hundred thousand riyāls from my partner so-and-so as...