A man who buys a thing without looking at it: those who said he has the option when he sees it, to take it or leave it

Al-Sha'bi said: If a man buys something without seeing it, then after seeing it he has the choice: if he wishes he keeps it, and if he wishes he leaves it.

Something similar is reported from al-Hasan.

Something similar is reported from Ibrahim.

From Ibrahim this addition to the above is reported: After seeing it, he still has the choice even if it is in accordance with the agreed condition.

Al-Hasan said: If someone buys a thing without seeing it, then after seeing it he has the choice regarding it.

Muhammad (Ibn Sirin) said: If it is as it was described, then the sale is valid.

Ibn Sirin said: If the thing turns out to be according to the description agreed, he cannot return it.

Mahmul, the freed slave of the family of Umarah, said: I sold a man two sheets and stipulated that if he unfolded one of them, the sale of both would become binding. He unfolded one sheet, was then not pleased with the sale, and came to me to return them. I refused to take them back and took the case to Qadi Shurayh. He said: The consent is yours, not his, whereas a sale is only by mutual consent.

It is narrated from Makhul that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a man buys a thing without having seen it, the thing being absent from him, then after seeing it he has the choice: if he wishes he takes it, and if he wishes he leaves it."

Al-Harith said: If a man buys a load of wheat and some of the merchants look at part of it, the sale becomes binding on him, unless they claim that there is a defect in the part they looked at.

Shu'bah said: I asked al-Hakam and Hammad: If someone saw a slave yesterday and buys him today without seeing him, may he do so? They said: No, not until he sees him on the day he buys him.