A man who buys goods from another, who says: I am free of liability to you

Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) held it permissible for a seller to sell an item saying: "I am absolved of every defect."

It is narrated from Salim (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) sold a slave for eight hundred dirhams. The buyer found a defect in the slave and came to Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) to dispute it. Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) asked Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) about it. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "When selling him, I had stated that I am absolved of every defect in him." Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "You should swear an oath: 'I sold him the slave, and at the time of sale there was no defect in him that I knew of.'" Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "When selling him, I had stated that I am absolved of every defect in him," and Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) refused to swear the oath. Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) had that slave returned to him, and Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) later sold the same slave for fifteen hundred dirhams.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said that the seller is absolved only of those defects which he names when declaring his absolution at the time of sale.

Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) said that if he names the defects, he will be absolved.

Ibn Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked about a man who sells an animal, saying: "I am absolved of such-and-such a defect, I am absolved of such-and-such a defect, and I am also absolved of the baldness disease." He said: He will be absolved only of those defects that he names and shows.

Dinar said: I said to al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him): "What about selling goods while saying: I am absolved of sores, of wounds, of throat swellings, and of every defect, outward and inward?" He (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "You will not be absolved until you say: In this item there is such-and-such a defect, and in this one such-and-such. If you do not say so, the goods will be returned to you."

Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) said that he will not be absolved until he names all the defects and points them out by placing his hand on them.

Al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said that he will be absolved merely by naming them, even if he does not place his hand on the defects.

Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) said that he will not be absolved until he places his hand on the defects.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said that if a person says: "I will sell meat placed on a mat," or "I will sell you whatever the earth bears," then if he names the defects, he will be absolved.