JEWELS

Arabic Jauhar ( جوهر‎ ), pl. Jawāhir . According to the Hidāyah a thief is liable to suffer amputation of the hand for stealing jewels, such as a ring set with emerald, ruby, or chrysolite, as such are rare articles, and are not held to be of an indifferent nature, neither are they undesirable. (Vol. ii. p. 93.) A sillim sale [ SILLIM ], or a sale in trust, of jewels and marine shells, is not lawful, because the unities of these vary in their value. (Vol. ii . p. 539.) In the partition of property, jewels must not be divided by the Qāẓī, but by mutual arrangement in the family, because of the great difference in the actual value of jewels. (Vol. iv. 13.)