carding, nor the pellet bow, nor the Arabic bow in a land where they have no custom of shooting with it. This is the school of al-Shafi'i, except that he did not mention the Arabic bow. He receives one from what is other than these, because these are not referred to by the name of 'bow' in custom among those who are not their people until he describes them, by saying: 'a cotton bow,' 'carding [bow],' or 'a pellet bow.' As for the Arabic bow, it is not known except to a group of the Arabs, so it does not generally cross the mind of the testator. It is given [to the legatee] fully assembled; because it is not called a bow except as such. He is not entitled to its bowstring, because the name applies to it without the string. There is another view, that he is given it with its string; because it is not benefited from except with it, so it is like a part of its parts.

Section: If he bequeaths a stick/lute (ud) to him, and he has a lute of amusement and another, the bequest is not valid; because its general use refers to the lute of amusement, and the bequest for it is not valid due to the lack of permissible benefit in it. If he has only sticks/lutes for bows, or a stick for incense, or other permissible sticks, the bequest is valid and is directed toward them; because of the absence of others, and their being specifically intended along with their permissibility. If he bequeaths to him a jar containing wine, the bequest is valid for the jar and void for the wine; because there is permissible benefit in the jar, and there is no permissible benefit in wine, so the bequest is valid for that which contains permissible benefit, just as if he bequeathed to him wine and vinegar. If he bequeaths to him wine in a jar, it is not valid; because that which he linked the bequest to is the wine, and the bequest for it is not valid.

990 - Issue: He said: (And if he bequeaths something specific to him, and it perishes after the death of the testator, the legatee has nothing. And if all the wealth perishes except that which was bequeathed, it belongs to the legatee.)

Scholars—those whose views we know—have unanimously agreed that if the bequeathed item perishes before the death of the testator or