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(KHIYARAT)
DEFINITION
Wahbah al-Zuhaili
TYPES OF KHIYAR
Khiyar divided to 5:(i) Khiyar Majlis- the condition of withdrawing from the contract as long as the meetings of the
parties continue
(ii) Khiyar Syarat (Al-Shart) -optional condition, where one of the parties stipulates for a
period of three days or less
(iii) Khiyar Aib (Al-Ayb)-option from defect, the option of dissolving the contract on
discovery of defect
(iv) Khiyar Tayin-option of determination, where a person having purchased two or three
things of the same kind, stipulates a period to make his selection
(v) Khiyar Rukyah- option of inspection, option of rejecting the thing purchased after sight
KHIYAR AL-MAJLIS
(OPTION OF MEETING)
KHIYAR MAJLIS
Definition:
Option during the meeting means each one the parties has
the right to confirm or cancel the contract in the negotiation
stage of the contracy, as long as the two parties still there and
have not left.
KHIYAR MAJLIS
According to NG
Coulson :-
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(ii) Technical
1st Part
2nd Part
Different
Khiyar al-Majlis is different from Majlis Aqad in the application
because Majlis aqad is a gathering place or the place for such agreement
or place of business. As for Khiyar Al-Majlis the purpose is to give a
right and choice to the related party either to proceed or cancel the
agreement aslong the Majlis not be dissolved.
According to Mazhabs Shafie and Hambali:
Pursuant to surah Al-Maidah;
the parties which are binding to a contract and other party no right
to revoke the contract
LEGALITY
(i) Al-Sunnah
(ii) Al-Hadis
(iii) Ijmak
(iv) Qias
LEGALITY
(i) Al-Sunnah
Ibn Umar reports that Prophet (PBUH) said :
if two men conduct a sale, each one of them has the right of choice until they part or until one of them
gives the choice to the other and they conclude the sale, the sale is then confirmed.
(This hadith is narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim)
positive offer proposal and acceptance, it is ultimate and binding and neither one the
parties has the choice of backing down from it. They provide as evidence the Quranic
commandment to the believers to keep their contract referring to Surah Al-Maidah ayat 1:
O mankind, satisfied and concluded the agreements.
The above surah stated that Muslim is binding with their contract and according to this 2
Mazhab the application of this Khiyar is contradict with the stated surah.
Mazhab maliki also rejected this Khiyar Majlis because Madinah people did not practiced
KHIYAR AL-SYARAT
(OPTION OF CONDITION)
Khiyar Al-Syarat
It is a right given to the parties or another person to
Issues
1.
KHIYAR AL-RUYAH
(OPTION OF VIEWING)
General rule
In order to conclude a valid binding contract the subject
But still all this kind of transaction still has its own stage
2.
3.
Shafiis
Refused and remains with the strict
rule of transaction.
Any transaction will be consider void
and invalid if the subject matter is not
existing and cannot be seeing.
Following is the authority of hadith:
Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. forbid
cheating in selling
(Reported by Abu Muslim from
Hurairah)
Second, Shafiis does not accept the
hadiths mentioned by Hanafi, Maliki,
and Hanbali as authority which he
describes as weak or incorrect hadiths
(hadiths daif).
2.
3.
Subject matter
Muslim jurists differ in term of determining the period in order to avoid existence
of uncertainty (gharar) in the contract. Gharar here refer to the decision whether
the parties still want to continue or terminate the contract.
Hanafis
Malikis
Termination
of the Option
of Viewing
KHIYAR AL-AYB
(OPTION OF DEFECT)
concluded.
If the contract is still in the state of negotiation or still
under discussion, the affected party cannot exercise this
option.
If anything appears in the subject of the contract which
does not match its original use or decreases its
conventional market value, or makes it unfit to meet
requirements expected of it, then the buyer have the
right to exercise option of defect, as freedom from
defects is the right of the buyer given in any commercial
transactions.
Hadiths:
The Prophet s.a.w says:
A Muslim is a brother to another Muslim. It is illegal for a
Muslim to sell his brother a deficient thing unless he
makes it clear to him
It is illegal for someone to sell something without showing
its real qualities; and it is illegal for someone who knows
about it not to show it.
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3.
4.
Zaidis
5.
KHIYAR AL-TAYIN
(OPTION OF DETERMINATION)
For example the object were car and have three types,
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