Civil Transactions Law (contracts dated before 1 June 2026) · Federal Law 5 of 1985
Article 876
Section 3: Contracts of work > Chapter One: Muqawala (contract to make a thing or to perform a task) > Part 2: Effects of a muqawala > 1- Obligations of the contractor
This law is repealed. The article applies to contracts dated before 1 June 2026; later contracts fall under the 2025 Civil Transactions Law.
English translation
The contractor must provide at his own expense such additional equipment and tools as are necessary to complete the work, unless there is an agreement or custom to the contrary.
Official translation, as published by the portal.
Official Arabic text
على المقاول أن يأتي بما يحتاج إليه في إنجاز العمل من آلات وأدوات إضافية على نفقته ما لم يقضِ الاتفاق أو العرف بغير ذلك.
What it means when you sign
This article says who supplies the additional equipment and tools needed to complete a job under a contract to make a thing or perform a task. The contractor must bring whatever additional equipment and tools the work requires, at the contractor's own expense. This is the default position: it applies unless an agreement or custom provides otherwise.
When you are about to sign a contract of this kind, this article means that, if the contract says nothing, the cost of the extra tools and equipment needed to finish the work falls on the contractor and is not an extra charge to the employer. A contract can change this by agreement, so a clause that makes the employer pay for equipment, or that lists equipment the employer will supply, is the kind of wording to look at. Check the price clause, the scope of work, any list of items supplied by each side, and any wording about charges for equipment or materials.
Not yet cited in a Fahm report; shown because it sits in the same chapter as one that is.
Related articles
- Article 877Cited in Fahm reportsThis article requires the contractor to complete the work in accordance with the conditions of the contract.
- Article 878This article makes the contractor liable for any loss or damage resulting from the contractor's own act or work, whether or not it came about through the contractor's wrongful act or default.
- Article 879This article deals with a contractor who holds property while waiting to be paid.
- Article 880Cited in Fahm reportsThis article covers buildings and other fixed installations where an architect makes the plans and the contractor carries them out under the architect's supervision.
- Article 881This article deals with an architect whose work is limited to making the plans and does not include supervising how they are carried out.
- Article 882Cited in Fahm reportsThis article makes void any agreement whose purpose is to exempt the contractor or the architect from liability, or to limit that liability.