Diminishing Musharakah

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A type of partnership contract, where one party buys the other party out over time. If the underlying partnership is in regard to a property, it is called Shirkah Al Milk, which allows to promise the other a fixed price for his shares for future transfers of this part. This turns the partnership akin to a debt type of transaction, in all other cases it is based on taking equity risk.