قَالَ مَالِكٌ : وَمِنَ الْغَرَرِ وَالْمُخَاطَرَةِ أَنْ يَعْمِدَ الرَّجُلُ قَدْ ضَلَّتْ دَابَّتُهُ، أَوْ أَبَقَ غُلَامُهُ، وَثَمَنُ الشَّيْءِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ خَمْسُونَ دِينَارًا، فَيَقُولُ رَجُلٌ : أَنَا آخُذُهُ مِنْكَ بِعِشْرِينَ دِينَارًا، فَإِنْ وَجَدَهُ الْمُبْتَاعُ ذَهَبَ مِنَ الْبَائِعِ ثَلَاثُونَ دِينَارًا، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ ذَهَبَ الْبَائِعُ مِنَ الْمُبْتَاعِ بِعِشْرِينَ دِينَارًا. ¤
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that included in fraudulent sales is: if a person's animal is lost, or a slave has run away, and its price is fifty dinars, and someone says to him: I will buy this animal or slave from you for twenty dinars. If it is found, the seller loses thirty dinars, and if it is not found, the buyer loses twenty dinars.