A man who buys a slave girl and finds she has an abscess

A dispute was brought to Sayyiduna al-Dahhak bin Qays (may Allah be pleased with him) about a slave-girl who had the disease of dubaylah. This is a well-known disease which does not come on suddenly, so he gave judgment against the seller.

Sufyan said: The view of al-Dahhak is dearer to me than the view of Shurayh: when it is known that the disease is not a new one, she is to be returned, and the buyer is to be made to swear that he had not seen it before buying her and that he was not content with it after seeing it.