if he comes to her with its value while it is possible to purchase it, she is not obligated to accept it, because of what we mentioned, and because it causes her to miss the consideration involved in the manumission of her father.

Section: A dowry is not valid unless it is known, such that a sale would be valid with its equivalent. This is the choice of Abu Bakr and the school of Al-Shafi'i. Al-Qadi said: It is valid even if it is unknown, provided its ignorance does not exceed the dowry of an equal (mahr al-mithl); for Ja'far ibn Muhammad reported from Ahmad regarding a man who married a woman for one thousand dirhams and a servant, and he divorced her before consummating the marriage with her: "The servant is to be valued at a medium level, commensurate with the service of one like her." A similar view is held by Abu Hanifah. According to this, if he marries her for a slave, a slave-girl, a horse, a mule, or an animal of a known species, or a Harawi or Marawi garment, and the like of what has its species mentioned, then it is valid, and she is entitled to a medium-quality one. Likewise for a qafiz of wheat and ten ratls of oil. If the ignorance exceeds the ignorance of the dowry of an equal, such as a garment, a beast, an animal, or upon her judgment, his judgment, or the judgment of a third party, or upon wheat, barley, oil, or what he earns in the year, it is not valid, because there is no way to know the medium quality, so its delivery becomes impossible. In the first case, it is valid due to the statement of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him: "The marital ties are what the families agree upon." In this case, they have agreed upon it. Also, because it is a place where an animal can be established in the liability as a substitute for something whose primary purpose is not wealth, so it is established absolutely, like blood money. Furthermore, the ignorance of the naming here is less than the ignorance of the dowry of an equal, because that is considered based on the women of her kin who are equal to her in her attributes, her country, her time, and her lineage; then, if he married her for the dowry of an equal it would be valid, so here, with less ignorance, it is even more appropriate. It differs from a sale, for a sale does not tolerate ignorance under any circumstances. Malik said: It is valid while unknown, because that is not more than leaving it unmentioned. Abu al-Khattab said: If he marries her for a slave from his slaves, or a shirt from his shirts, or a turban from his turbans, [and similar to that], it is valid; for Ahmad said, in