A strength that comes to a child and transforms him into a man or a woman.
A stipulated increase with no exchange for credit in return for delaying the settlement of a due debt. It is also an increase or a delay in cash on selling things of a specified type on the spot.
Sale transactions that are prohibited under Shariah.
Exchange of a property for another for the purpose of ownership and transferring ownership.
A place allocated for establishing prayer on a permanent basis.
"Tadlīs": hiding, concealing. Other meanings: deception, cheating, betrayal, decrease.
"Iqrād": lending. It is derived from "qard" (loan), which means cutting off.
"Tarādi": mutual agreement between two parties. It is derived from "rida", which means: the willingness to say or do something and feeling comfortable with it.
"Khiyār": pursuit of the best among things. Original meaning: inclining to something. It is derived from "ikhtiyār", which means: selecting, choosing.
"Dayn": debt. It is derived from "dāna". Original meaning: submission, humiliation. It also means: delay. "Dayn" was called as such because of the humiliation it involves, or because its settlement is delayed to a future date.
"Amwāl" (sing. māl): everything that can be possessed by humans.
"Qard": something cut off another thing. It also means loan, what someone gives to someone else, to be paid back later.
"Idhn": permission. Original meaning: to lift prohibition, to permit. Other meanings: proclamation, from which comes the word "Adhān" (the call to prayer).
Tījāniyyah
"Ayb": defect, ugliness, anything contradicting sound Fitrah.
"Tafrīt": neglecting, wasting. Original meaning: removing something from its place. Other meanings: carelessness, delay.
"Taqābud": exchanging two things between two people, as happens when each of the trading parties receives what is given by the other.
"Ahbās" (sing. hibs): anything used to stop the flow of water, such as a stone or the like. Original meaning: stopping.
"Shuf‘ah": attaching, owning.
"Tawthīq": strengthening and establishing something. Original meaning: precision, perfection. It is derived from "wathīqah", which means something used a proof, such as letter and the like.
"Hajr": preventing, banning. Other meanings: narrowing, limiting. As derived from this, the mind is called "hijr", because it prevents one from doing reprehensible things.
"Damān": guaranteeing, assuming liability. Original meaning: putting something in another thing that contains it.
"‘Āriyah": loaned item, loan. It is originally derived from "ta‘āwur", which means: alternation, circulation.
Tījāniyyah
"Radā‘": sucking the breast, or drinking milk from the breast.
"Rifq": gentleness, leniency. Opposite: harshness, severity. Other meanings: ease, facilitation. Original meaning: benefit.
"Tabdhīr": dispersing, scattering. It is derived from "badhr", which means: scattering seeds in the soil. Other meanings: spreading, excessiveness.
"Tabarru‘": voluntary donation of something. Original meaning: winning, surpassing.
"Ta‘wīd": giving compensation to someone. It is derived from "‘iwad", which means: compensation, substitute.
"Juhūd": denial, rejection. Opposite: acknowledgment. Original meaning: scarcity of anything.
"Rahn": constancy, permanence, withholding, sticking to something.
"‘Arbūn": down payment; when someone buys something and gives the seller a down payment in advance. It is derived from "i‘rāb", which means: clarifying and manifesting.
"Najsh": provoking and extracting something. It is said to originally mean: praising and flattering.
"‘Īnah": An advance or loan. It is derived from "‘ayn", which means money, or from "i‘ānah", which is assistance. Other meanings: purchase or sale on credit.
"Ghishsh": showing something and concealing the opposite. Opposite: sincerity. It is derived from "ghashash", which means: muddied, unclear water.
"Ghasb": openly taking something unjustly and by force.
"Ghabn": deception in buying and selling.
"Qimār": a bet between two parties which involves a financial risk – loss or gain of money. It is derived from "qamar" (the moon), which sometimes grows into a full moon and at other times decreases and becomes a crescent, just like the gambled money.
"Kāfil": guarantor, caretaker.
"Luqatah": something on the ground that is picked up. It is derived from "laqt", which means picking up something on the ground.
"Manfa‘ah": benefit. Opposite: harm. Original meaning: goodness, anything used to attain a goal. Other meanings: interest, fruit.
"Nuqūd" (sing. naqd): the currency, of gold and the like, exchanged between people. It is derived from "naqd", which means: distinguishing, revealing, hastening.
"Hibah": giving something for no return. It is derived from "wahb", which means: conveying money or other useful items to someone. Other meanings: donation, favor, charity, grant.
"Wisāyah": when someone asks another person to do something on his behalf while he is absent. Original meaning: joining something to another. Other meanings: acceptance, affirmation.
"Wilāyah": rulership, authority, being in charge of others. "waliyy", means: lord, owner, ruler. It is derived from "waly", which means: closeness, love. Other meanings: kingship, kinship, state, heredity.
"Maysir": gamble, gambling game. It is derived from "yusr", which means ease, as it involves taking money with ease.
"Nāzhir": It is derived from "nazhar", which means: thinking, contemplating. It originally meant inspecting something with the eye and came to be used to refer to considering something and thinking about it.
"Tazwīj": marrying off. Original meaning: pairing two things together. Opposite: "ifrād" (isolating). Other meanings: gathering, joining.
"Tamlīk": transferring the ownership of something to someone else. Other meanings: to give in marriage.
"Tawarruq": asking for papers, eating papers. It is derived from "wariq", which means silver dirhams.
"Tawriyah": metonymy, indirect reference. Opposite: frankness. Original meaning: veiling, hiding. Other meanings: delay, extracting.
"Maqbarah" (graveyard): It is derived from "qabr", which means: grave, the hole in the ground wherein the deceased person is placed. Any place where the body of a deceased person is kept hidden is called "qabr", even the sea. "Qabr" also means the act of burying the deceased in the earth. Original meaning of "qabr": obscurity, invisibility. It was called thus because it conceals the body of the deceased person.
"‘Azl": removal, keeping away, discharging men’s semen outside women’s vulva during copulation to avoid conception.
"‘Ashīrah": one’s closest relatives. Other meanings: a group of one's relatives. It is derived from "mu‘āsharah", which means: mixing, merging, socializing.
"‘Aqd": fastening, tying. Opposite: loosening. Original meaning: connecting two ends together. Other meanings: adherence, documentation, covenant, confirmation.
"Faskh": removing, lifting, annulling, invalidating.
"َQāsir": one incapable of doing something. It is derived from "qusūr", which originally means: not reaching the end. Other meanings: insane person, such as a child, a demented person, or a maniac.
"Qabd": taking something in one’s full grip. Original meaning: accumulating and assembling. Other meanings: ability, seizing.
"Qabūl": receiving something and taking it with contentment. It also means: acceptance.
"Wasiyyah": the money or the like determined in a will. It is originally derived from "wasl", which means: connecting something with another.
"Yamīn": oath-taking, swearing. It was called as such because people used to strike the "yamīn" (right hand) of one another upon entering into alliance. Other meanings: hand, blessing, strength.
"Qasam": swearing, taking an oath. It is derived from "qasāmah", which means: the oaths that are divided and distributed among the blood relatives of the slain person (the practice of clearing a person accused of murder by the oaths of others testifying to his innocence).
"Barā’ah": discarding and being cleared from something. Original meaning: avoidance of what is disliked. Other meanings: abandonment, severance, separation.
"Tijārah": trade, buying and selling. It is derived from "tājir", which means: trader.
"Halif": oath. Original meaning: adherence - since one is required to adhere to his oath.
Aqārib": one’s family, relatives, and kindred.
"Hinth": major sin, wrongdoing. Opposite: fulfillment of oath. Other meanings: breaking an oath.
"Hīlah": what is used as a means to reach something secretly. It is derived from "hawl", which means: a shift from one state to another in a secret manner. It is mostly used to denote malice.
"I‘rād": aversion, turning away, rejection. Opposite: proceeding toward something, obedience. It is derived from "‘ard", which means: appearance and prominence, or width. Other meanings: leaving out the work, going away, refusal, neglecting.
"Ightisāb": taking something in an oppressive and unjust manner and by force. It is derived from "ghasb", which means: compulsion.
"‘Itrah": a man’s children and offspring, also his clan and relatives, the close and the distant thereof. It is derived from "‘atr", which means: branching out or intensifying. "‘Itr": origin, ancestry. Relatives are called "‘itrah" because their lineages are branched out or because one cares for them intensely.
"Yatīm": a child with no father. It is derived from "yutm", which originally means: singleness
"Aymān" (pl. yamīn): oath, swearing. Original meaning: strength, ability. It was given this name because the one taking an oath strengthens and affirms his statement by it. Other meanings: pledge, covenant, the right side (as opposed to the left side).
"Fudūli": a person who involves himself in matters that do not concern him. It is derived from "fudūl", which means excess, surplus.
"‘Atiyyah": something given. It is derived from "‘atw", which means to take or receive.
"‘Iwad": compensation, recompense, replacing.
"Kaffārah": expiation. It is derived from "kufr", which means concealing, covering. It was called so because it covers the sin and conceals it as if it was not committed.
"Iqālah": annulment, removal. Original meaning: removing harm. It is also said to be derived from "qawl", which means statement - or from "qaylūlah", which means a midday nap. Other meanings: dropping, interruption, abrogation, invalidation, abandonment, replacement.
"Inzhār": to grant respite, delay, and postpone. Opposite: hastening. It is derived from "nazhar", which means to behold and see something. Other meanings: deliberation, anticipation, lying in wait.
"Qist" (pl. aqsāt): justice. "Qast": injustice, oppression. Other meanings: share, portion.
"Ta‘addi": oppression, transgression. Original meaning: exceeding the limit. Opposite: justice. Other meanings: corruption, causing harm.
"Ta‘rīf": informing, clarifying. Opposite: keeping unknown. It is derived from "ma‘rifah", which means knowledge, discernment. It originally came from "‘urf", which means stillness, tranquility. Other meanings: distinguishing, determining.
A female slave impregnated by her master who then gave birth, whether the newborn was alive or dead.
The age period of humans from the time of the birth until reaching the age of puberty.
Selling money for money, whether they are of the same type and description or are different.
Joining a child who is of unknown lineage to the man who claims to be his father if certain conditions are met.
One's desire to have sexual intercourse.
A relationship between two persons through a close or distant birth.
The woman who is owned by her master.
A joint enterprise between two or more persons to conduct some business.
The one who has the right to join to his possession the share of his neighbor or partner.
Taking money with the intention of benefiting from it on condition that the borrower returns the same amount to the lender later on.
The authority that possesses the public funds of the Muslims.
A person's ascription to his paternal line of relatives (his father's family lineage).
A person’s eligibility to acquire rights, perform duties, and dispose of affairs.
To loosen one's both hands down straight in prayer while standing, and not to clasp them (right hand on the left).
A sum of money refunded to the buyer to compensate him for a flaw in the product.
The person who is represented by another to act on his behalf, and he is the one affected by the outcome of this representation.
What the seller demands in exchange for his merchandise.
A contract to manufacture an item whereby the seller becomes committed to make the item for the buyer with material that the former provides, with certain specifications, in return for an agreed-upon price.
Blood relationship that connects man with others.
The blight that damages whatever it afflicts of crops, property, and the like.
Camel or sheep that bears milk.
Absolving a person from a due debt or an obligation.
Ending an assembly and leaving each participant his own way.
The lapse of a specific period of time after which the claim for a right may not be filed, or the execution of a judicial verdict is dismissed.
A state in which a person with authority forces another to do an act to realize a Shariah ruling.
Paying the price in exchange for receiving the merchandise in a sale transaction.
Established liability for a debt or the like.
A pile or heap of something without a known weight or measurement.
Specifying a price for something based on its lawful benefits.
Setting off one debt against another.
Immediate implementation of an action instantly without a delay, such as application of divorce without suspension or deferment.
Anything that could be used as a shot, whether it is made of stone, clay, iron, or the like.
Treating diseases of cattle and animals.
Selling or buying something wholesale without estimation by measuring, weighing, or counting.
A sale transaction contingent upon tossing a pebble.
Sale of money for money, whether they are of the same kind or different such as dirhams, dinars, and banknotes.
The sale of an amount of ripe dates that are still on the palm tree based on an estimation of the dates on the ground based on dry measurement.
The land which the Muslim ruler allocates for a certain public interest and prohibits anyone from approaching.
Anything by which a person preserves his right from loss.
The prize assigned for the winner of a race.
The plant that results from sowing seeds in the soil.
What is sensed through tasting with the tongue, i.e. sweetness or bitterness.
Buyer’s right to cancel or continue the sale contract of an animal if the seller deceived him by falsely showing that the animal produces a large amount of milk.
Establishing the right of the buyer to proceed with the contract or cancel it when he sees the purchased commodity if he had not seen it at the time of making the contract or before it.
The right of either one of two contracting parties to annul a contract or conclude it if he finds a defect in the commodity or the price.
Selling something before having full possession of it and authority to dispose of it.
The sale in which a person who lives in a city or village sells goods on behalf of another who lives in the desert, or on behalf of a non-resident, even if he is not a Bedouin.
Making two sale agreements in one contract
The consequences of an action and the rights that it involves.
Exposing oneself or someone else to deceit, risk, or destruction.
The imam appointed by the ruler or his representative to lead the congregational prayer.
Total amount of money used to purchase goods with the intention of selling them to gain profit.
Fixed assets such as houses, palm trees, etc.
"Qadā’ al-haqq": repayment of debt and delivering it to the creditor.
Someone who steals the property of another with force and harm, whether this is done secretly or openly.
The person upon whom the validity of the marriage contract is contingent, such as father, his agent, or the like.
A child born through unlawful sexual intercourse.
Having the authority to do a particular action on behalf of another so that the outcome of the action would benefit the represented person.
Wealth left with someone in order to keep it without paying a fee.
A contract of a designated usufruct of an item for a specific time in exchange for a specific return.
Permitting the benefits of some property on a permanent basis, and dedicating its asset to a charitable purpose with the aim of drawing close to Allah.
Giving a piece of land to someone to cultivate it in exchange for receiving a share of its produce such as the half or so.
An increase in the price of a commodity made by two or more people, so the one who pays the highest price gets the sale contract.
Lending money, out of kindness, to someone to benefit from while expecting to return the same amount or something equal to it.
When a slave moves from the status of slavery to that of freedom.
The illness which most probably leads to death and which is actually succeeded by death, even if the cause of death is different.
A calf that has completed its first year of age and started its second year.
A wooden musical instrument in the shape of a tube with holes along its length and an opening at each end. The flute player blows into the opening to produce sounds.
One's grandson from his son or his daughter down to all levels.
A lawful contract whose execution and approval was suspended due to a pending right of another party to it.
Taking a female slave as a concubine by her master.
Whatever a person does willingly and leads to a consequence under the Shariah, whether this consequence is for the benefit of the doer or not.
Persistence and effectiveness of a contract and impossibility of annulling it except with a legitimate reason.
Anything that is apparent to people and nothing is hidden thereof.
A group of people belonging to the same lineage that is traced to the same ancestor.
Knowledge of how to ride horses, direct, and control them.
A joint partnership between two individuals in which one offers capital while the other offers work on the condition that the profit is shared between them according to their agreement.
Exchanging two things between two parties with the intention of having/transferring the ownership of the exchanged items.
The meeting place to conduct a sale contract.
Someone who acts on behalf of a legally interdicted person for the purpose of maintaining the latter's wealth, without having the right to dispose freely of that wealth.
In analogy, it refers to the basic rule, as opposed to the subsidiary rule.
The words spoken by the seller, or what substitutes speech, such as writing, gesturing, or the like, to indicate consent.
Unfair price-cutting in sale or purchase.
Buying or selling based on the honesty of the buyer or seller.
Sale involving a person who is ignorant of the value of the commodity and cannot haggle over the price.
A sale in which a seller sells a commodity to the buyer provided that when the buyer returns the commodity the seller should return the money.
Buying a commodity at a certain price and then selling it at the same price, without profit or loss.
Sale with the condition that whenever the seller pays back the money, the buyer must return the purchased item.
Sale with the condition that whenever the seller refunds the purchase price, the buyer shall return the sold item.
Lack of knowledge about the sale item, its price, or the like.
A high level of quality and value that something reaches because it is made with precision or the like.
Coins (metal currency) which carry a stamp produced by the government authority.
It is the destruction of the disbelievers in Hellfire on the Day of Judgment.
Non-fulfillment of what a person has promised or undertaken to do.
What a warrior wears to protect his body from the enemy’s weapons.
Surrender and submission to something and acceptance of its consequences entirely, without any hesitation.
A person who is unable to see during nighttime but can see during daytime.
Seeking the establishment and affirmation of a right through a certain means with the purpose of preserving it.
To charge with burdensome tasks beyond one's power and capability.
Misappropriation of trust.
Controlling the tongue by refraining from excessive swearing, avoiding breaking oaths, and observing the due expiation upon breaking an oath.
Mutual debt cancellation.
Buried riches.
Retrieving one’s right from the other.
Wanting something, while being keen on getting it and longing to have it.
The soft muscular part between the skin and the bones.
Waste matter discharged from the bowels.
Attacking the enemy by surprise in order to take their wealth and lives, and to assault them.
Separating and distinguishing the property of someone from that of his partner.
Taking a sufficient amount of food to give the body strength and protection from illness, without which the body will decay.
A piece of metal or stone, different in weight, put on one side of the scale to weigh things with.
A deep hole in the ground from which water, oil, or the like is extracted.
Any container that is made to use for cleaning, eating, or drinking, etc.
Limiting and restricting a person's movement such that he cannot move from one place to another.
Dry land.
The time interval allocated for benefiting from water in irrigation or cultivation and the like.
Debris of a destroyed building.
Death of the beneficiaries of an endowment.
Repairing what has fallen into disrepair.
A model that shows the description and essence of something.
A judge's ruling that a person has reached the age of majority (legal age) indicating that he has become able to dispose of his property sensibly and to manage it and develop it.
Modifying something and making it appear contrary to its reality.
Compensation given in return for service or utility.
A person who works for another in return for a wage.
Gathering firewood, such as tree branches, boughs, and twigs, with the intention of owning it.
It is when a rider allows someone else to ride behind him on his mount.
Granting the benefits of an immovable property (to someone).
Allocating of a share of money by the ruler from the Muslim Treasury to some of those who deserve it.
The arrows that the Arabs used in pre-Islamic times as an augury to predict whether a matter was good or evil in order to make a decision regarding it.
Excluding some elements covered by a general phrase from its ruling by using special Arabic articles of exception, such as "illā" or the like.
Requesting to take a sum of money to be returned in the future.
Taking something back after it had been transferred to someone else.
It refers to admission of the slave having a contract of manumission that they are unable to pay the amount stated in the contract.
It is to request extra time in order to fulfill a certain task.
Turning a free human being into an owned slave.
An engraved metal die used to mint coins.
Wheat grains.
Infinite time into the future.
The present time at which you are in, which separates the past from the future.
Refusing, abstaining from, and not accepting something.
The fleeing of a slave from his master to a different land in an intentional and rebellious manner.
Silk that is disentangled before the worm leaves the cocoon.
A person whose chest extends forward and whose belly and back curve inwards.
A fruit from a citrus tree similar to a large lemon, golden in color and has a pleasant fragrance.
Pollinating palm trees.
Obscurity and lack of clarity.
Agreement of two things or more and their sharing the same description, place, type, or etc.
Taking something after weighing it to know its measure.
Accepting a gift and receiving it.
A structure built of stones wherein fire is kindled.
Giving someone money or the like as a reward/compensation.
Causing water to run or flow into land, whether it is yours or someone else's.
The one who cannot see in sunlight.
Revoking a concluded contract and its implications, with mutual consent.
When two or more persons participate in work and split the wages between them.
Fruits of the date palm tree.
Being a property that is lawful to benefit from according to the Shariah.
A notebook or label containing the description, number, measurements, and specifications of the merchandise in a package or container.
A wall built upon the ground.
Harvesting crops.
Idleness, unemployment, and abstaining from striving to work.
Money given to someone to cover the expenses of performing Hajj on behalf of someone else.
Any dwelling place that has walls and a ceiling.
It is what female animals such as birds and fish lay, from which their offspring emerge.
A molten piece of gold or silver molded into a certain shape.
An evil mammalian, terrestrial, ugly animal.
The last night of the (lunar) month.
The neck that connects the head with the body.
Selling a "waqf" (Islamic endowment) whose income or yield has decreased or ceased and then buy what yields better income and make it an endowment.
It is when the seller shows his merchandise to the buyer to be free of defects.
Items that are sold by the cubit or meter or similar units of length.
One who is committed to fulfilling a right, which can be fulfilled on behalf of others.
Scarcity of something.
Swimming and moving through the water.
A person who can know the lineage of a person based on resemblance and examination of the parts of the body.
A name of an Islamic unit of measurement equivalent to 12 Sā‘s, and in modern units is equal to 33 liters or 26 kilograms.
A slave, male or female, who is in pure slavery and does not have any means whereby he can obtain emancipation, neither sooner nor later.
The commodities that have no equivalents on the market, or have equivalents that are valued disproportionately, such as animals, real estate, etc.
A contract between a slave and his master which states that the slave will pay an amount of money to his master in installments in exchange for his freedom.
An agreement between two individuals or more on the sharing of a specific utility between them.
A kind of relationship resulting from the removal of slavery from a slave by way of freedom.
Pushing and shoving in some place.
Hiding something and avoiding to talk about it.
Receiving something and taking it such that it becomes at the taker's disposal.
Items of value that a tenant introduces in a rented or endowed store, and he is thus their owner.
The saliva that drips from one's mouth.
Holding something and handing it over.
Beast/Animal
Any open area between houses in which there is no building.
Renting a riding animal or the like to ride it for a certain length of time or a certain distance.
What is taken out of the earth with effort and refinement, like gold.
It is when someone lends money to another in a country and asks the borrower to write him a document by which he (the lender) can collect the exchange of his money in another country.
The rods of arrows without feathers and blades.
Measuring and appraising something, whether in weight, measurement, number, or the like.
Anything whose quantity is determined by counting and calculation.
A piece of land to which everything above it of buildings and air is annexed.
Giving a sum of money to a person to invest it in trade in return for an agreed-upon percentage of the profit.
The place where water flows on a level or downward slope.
Appointing someone on one's behalf after one's death in order to do something and to preserve his interests.
Identifying and sorting out shares using certain measurements.
Anything whose equivalent is available in the market without any significant difference that causes a difference in price.
The divorced woman, whose marriage has been ended.
Scattering seeds on the ground for the purpose of cultivation.
A group of guards ensuring people’s safety and guarding them in residence or in traveling.
Setting a specific time in the future for the fulfillment of a right or a duty.
To assert and strengthen the indication of a preceding word by a following word.
Gold and silver extracted from earth before they are minted into coins (dinars and dirhams).
Any metal which people use to pay for goods, except gold and silver.
Tiny moving creatures and vermin of the earth
The son of one's son or daughter.
A canine; a domestic tame animal that barks and has fangs.
The description given to an item to denote that it has monetary value and can be utilized in a lawful manner approved by the Shariah.
A place where water runs on the ground for draining.
Practicing a certain type of work permanently to earn a living.
Snatching something in the presence of its owner while he is inattentive and running away with it.
Acquiring something and taking possession of it.
A man whose eye is sunken into his head because of its narrowness (smallness).
A person who has one black eye and one blue eye.
Anything that is usually eaten with bread, whether it is liquid or solid.
Small river.
Boundaries and signs that separate lands, houses, etc.
Benefiting from the light of the bulb, the fire, the sun, or the like.
Someone with wide mouth corners.
The share in a joint property of everything, be it little or much.
Granting others the produce of trees free of charge for a limited period of time.
The time when a child reaches the age of puberty and becomes mature.
Realizing an intended goal by speech or action.
Animal whose thighs are very close to each other while its hooves are very distant from each other and its carpi are curved.
Fairness of the judge and his aiding a litigant against the one who wronged him.
To give something to someone by way of transferring its ownership to the recipient.
Forgiving someone, overlooking his fault and not exposing it.
Releasing something from the possession of someone else by fulfilling what is owed to that person.
A class of things having particular shared characteristics.
Something that is free of restrictions and its owner can dispose of it freely.
A person who has been freed from slavery after having been a slave.
Verse number 180 of Sūrat al-Baqarah, wherein Allah speaks about bequeathing wealth to the heirs.
A word whose form and meaning are concordant
“Tahāluf” refers to the situation in which each party to the contract takes an oath to affirm his own version and deny the one offered by the other party.
Using words for their original literal meaning.
Tending to agricultural land by digging and plowing it in preparation for cultivation.
Terms and phrases that indicate the will of the speaker and the kind of action he is performing, like a sale transaction and the like.
Making jewelry from gold and silver for the purpose of beautification and adornment.
Any manual or tool-aided craft that a person practices to manufacture things until he becomes skilled at it and it becomes his profession.
That which is missing other than animals, like people and properties.
A male animal copulating with a female animal, or using its semen.
Fresh grapes.
When the seller takes responsibility for any flaw in the merchandise while it is in the possession of the buyer for a specific period of time (warranty).
A person who acts freely, like an owner, concerning a certain property.