Discover the meaning of the term Al-mfawḍa (مفاوضة) in Islamic vocabulary.
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Updated on 11 April 2026 at 1:05 AM
📖 2 min readA partnership of equals in property, disposal and debt.
Verbal noun of fa wa dhahu in such a matter when he deliberated with him and did as he did. The people are faw da in this matter: equal, with no difference between them. Whence the partnership of mufawa da, so in the Maghrib.
On the partnership of mufawa da.
Mufa'ala; one says: 'fa wa dhahu mufa wa dan': he requited him. 'Tatafawa du fi-l-amr': they consulted one another. The partnership of mufawa da is of two kinds: the first, to associate in all the types of partnership: 'inan, abdan, wujuh and mu d araba; it is a valid partnership.
The second: it is invalid with the Hanbalis and the Shafi'is; Abu Hanifa permitted its conditions, and its permission is related from al-Thawri, al-Awza'i and Malik. 'Al-Matla' p. 262.' Al-mufaddam, of garments: that saturated with red; it is said: that whose red is not intense; blood-red: saturated.
Shammar said: 'the mufaddam of garments is that saturated with red.' Abu Khirash al-Hudhali said (a verse on those adorning themselves with blood at the edge of death): that is, they adorn themselves in war with shed blood. Al-fa'm: thick blood, and al-mufa'm is taken from it. In the hadith: he forbade the mufaddam garment.
With damma of the mim: fa wa dhahu in the matter: to exchange with him one's opinion; fa wa dhahu in property: to associate with him to make it fructify.
A partnership of equals in property, disposal and debt.