قَالَ مَالِكٌ : وَفِي ذَلِكَ عَيْبٌ آخَرُ إِنَّ تِلْكَ الضَّالَّةَ، إِنْ وُجِدَتْ، لَمْ يُدْرَ أَزَادَتْ أَمْ نَقَصَتْ، أَمْ مَا حَدَثَ بِهَا مِنَ الْعُيُوبِ فَهَذَا أَعْظَمُ الْمُخَاطَرَةِ. ¤
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that there is a great deception in this; it is not known whether the animal or the slave is in the same condition or if some defect or skill has appeared in it, due to which its price has increased or decreased.