Islamic Fiqh > Financial transactions > Sulh (amicable settlement) > Sulh: rules and trade disputes
Updated on 06 October 2026 at 10:50 PM
This chapter of the fiqh encyclopedia deals with the disagreement that arises between buyer and seller after the contract, whether over the price, the merchandise, its taking of possession, or the payment term. It sets out the rule of the oath and which of the two must swear first, then the effect of mutual rescission by reciprocal swearing. It then covers the iqala, the amicable rescission of a sale, and then the sulh, the amicable settlement: its legal status, its rules, its causes of annulment, the mandate for concluding it, and its application between partners and between heirs.