of any of the price, due to his admission that the liability has been lifted from the seller. If it is of the type that is measured by volume or weight and it has not been taken possession of, then each of them has the option to annul or confirm the sale. If one of them chooses to annul it, the sold item does not accrue entirely to the other, because there are two sellers, unlike the case that preceded it.

Section: If a house is in the possession of a man and two men claim it against him, each of them asserting that he usurped it from him and producing evidence for that, then the ruling in this case is the same as the ruling in the case where each of them claims, "I bought it from him," based on the details that have already passed. If their dates coincide, or if both are absolute, or one of them [is absolute], they contradict each other. If the date of one of them (33) is earlier, is it preferred by that? There are two views. As for if the evidence testifies that he acknowledged usurping it (34) from each of them, he is obligated to surrender it (35) to the one to whom he acknowledged it (36) first, and he shall pay its value (37) to the other.

Section: If each of them claims, "You bought it from me (38) for one thousand," and produces evidence for that, and their dates coincide, such as if [each of them] (39) says: "He bought it from me at the time of the sun's decline (zawaal) on such and such a day," for one day, then they are contradictory. If we say they cancel each other out, one reverts to the statement (40) of the defendant. If he denies both, he swears to them both, and is absolved. If he acknowledges it for one of them, then he owes him the price and swears an oath to the other. If he acknowledges it for both of them (40), he owes each of them the price (41); because it is possible that he bought it from one of them, then gifted it to the other, and bought it from him. If he says: "I bought it from both of you in a single transaction for one thousand," he has acknowledged to each of them half of the price, and he has the right to make him swear to the remainder. If we say he draws lots