Ayyub narrates that a woman sold her husband's house in his absence. When he returned, he refused to uphold the sale. The case was brought before the court of Hazrat Iyas bin Mu'awiyah. The buyer began to say, "May Allah set you right, I have spent two thousand dirhams on it." He (Iyas) said, "Your two thousand are due upon me, your two thousand are due upon me." Hazrat Iyas decided the house in favor of the man and ordered the woman to be imprisoned. When they saw this, they approved the sale.