and bequeathing it, and it inherits if it is among those eligible for inheritance, it is assigned a specific blood money (diya) payment, and its heirs inherit it. Their statement that the fetus has no legal status is invalid due to these rulings and others that we have mentioned elsewhere.

Section: If one of the two transacting parties disposes of the sold item during the option period in a manner that transfers the sold item, such as through sale, donation, endowment (waqf), or occupies it, such as through leasing, marriage, pledging, manumission (kitaba), or similar acts, his disposition is not valid, with the exception of emancipation (itq), whether it originates from the seller or the buyer. This is because the seller is disposing of property not his own, and the buyer is forfeiting the seller's right to the option and the retrieval of the sold item; therefore, his disposition of it is not valid, just like disposition in the case of a pledge, unless the option belongs solely to the buyer, in which case his disposition becomes effective, and his option is voided, because there is no right for anyone else in it, and the establishment of the option for him does not prevent his disposition of it, just as in the case of a defective item. Ahmad said: If he stipulates the option, then sells it before that for a profit, the profit belongs to the purchaser because it became binding upon him once he offered it. He means his option became void, and it became binding upon him. This, and God knows best, is in the case where he stipulated the option for himself alone. Likewise, if we say that the sale does not transfer ownership, and the option belonged to both of them or to the seller alone, and the seller disposed of it, his disposition is effective and valid; because he owns it and has the right to void the other's option. Ibn Abi Musa said: Regarding the buyer's disposition of the sold item before departing by sale or donation, there are two narrations: the first is that it is not valid because its validity would imply the forfeiture of the seller's right to the option; the second is that it is suspended, so if they depart before rescission, it becomes valid, and if the seller chooses rescission, the buyer's sale becomes void. Ahmad said in the narration of Abu Talib: If he buys a garment with a condition and sells it for a profit before the condition expires, he shall return it to its owner if he requests it; if he is unable to return it, the seller is entitled to the value of the garment, because he has consumed his garment, or he may reach a settlement with him. His statement "he returns it if he requests it" indicates that the obligation of returning it is conditional upon his request. Al-Bukhari (19) has narrated from Ibn Umar that he was