it remains with the buyer and is counted against him; but if it is considerable, it reverts to the seller and is charged to him instead.

Mālik and his associates also allowed three arrangements concerning food before it has been taken into possession: mutual rescission (iqālah), partnership, and assignment to a third party (tawliyyah). Each must be concluded at exactly the original price, with neither increase nor reduction: if the food was bought for ready money, the same sum in ready money applies; if it was bought on credit, the same term of credit must be observed. They regarded these concessions as acts of courtesy and benevolence rather than commercial bargaining or profiteering.