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The lessee may derive the benefit himself, and anyone who takes his place may do so as well, on condition that such a substitute causes no more damage than the lessee would himself.

The lessor is obliged to supply everything that customarily attends the hire: the gear of the riding animal, leading it or driving it, loading and unloading, and, in the case of a house, repairing what is broken, propping up what leans, plastering the roof, and clearing it of snow or the like.

The lessee must provide the howdah and the canopy—the large tent-like cover—empty the drain and the latrine, and sweep the house of manure or similar refuse, provided that the filth was produced through his own use.

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A lease is a binding contract; it is not nullified by the death of either party, by the loss of the goods being transported, by making the leased property a waqf, or by the ownership of that property passing to someone else through a gift or sale. If it is sold to a purchaser who was unaware of the lease, that buyer may either rescind or ratify it, and in either case the rent belongs to him.

It is annulled only by the destruction1 of the specific leased item, by the death of the infant in a wet-nursing contract, or by the demolition of the house.

Whenever the benefit—even part of it—cannot be taken because of the lessor, he is entitled to no rent; but if the impediment comes from the lessee, the entire rent remains due from him.