Under Muslim personal law, what is the effect of a hiba made solely of property that does not yet exist?
A hiba is a present gift between living persons. A purported gift solely of future property is void because there is no existing subject matter to transfer.
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Under Muslim personal law, what is the effect of a hiba made solely of property that does not yet exist?
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Correct answer A
A hiba is a present gift between living persons. A purported gift solely of future property is void because there is no existing subject matter to transfer.
Option feedback
Option A
An immediate gift must have an existing subject matter.
Option B
Acceptance cannot supply an existing subject matter.
Option C
Later existence does not itself complete the earlier purported gift.
Option D
A written record cannot cure the absence of an existing subject matter.
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