What does Ghabn al-fahsh mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Ghabn al-fahsh (غبن الفاحش) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Ghabn al-fahsh

Ghabn al-fahsh according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

What falls not under the appraisers’ estimation. Said: what people would not be cheated in.

Ghabn al-fahsh according to Dustur al-'Ulama (Al-Ahmadnagari)

What falls not under the appraisers’ estimation. Said: what people cheat not in. Said: the fahch’s limit in goods is a tenth’s half of value, in animals a tenth of value, in realty…

Ghabn al-fahsh according to At-Tawqif (Al-Munawi)

What falls not under the appraisers’ estimation. Said: what people cheat not by.

Ghabn al-fahsh according to Mu'jam Lughat al-Fuqaha

What falls under the appraisers’ estimation. Grave deception. Ghabana of cloth: folding and sewing to shorten it.

Ghabn al-fahsh according to Al-Qamus al-Fiqhi

Among the Hanafis: what falls not under the appraisers’ estimation: as if the sale were for ten, some appraisers saying it equals five, some six, some seven: grave ghabn, entering none’s estimation. If some say eight, some nine, some ten: slight ghabn. This explanation is the famous and sound. Among the Shafi’ites: what ordinarily is not borne. In the Mejalla (art. 165): half the tenth for goods, the tenth for animals, the fifth for realty, or more. Al-ghabina: cheating; said: his trade cheated him. Al-maghbin: the armpit; plural maghabin. The thigh’s inner of the childbearing. The leather capes.

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