As if he says: "He has defective dirhams against me." If he says: "He has a hundred dirhams as a deposit against me," or "as a mudarabah contract against me," it is valid, and he becomes liable for their guarantee, because he may have transgressed regarding them, so they become a debt. If he says: "I intended that he stipulated the guarantee upon me," it is not accepted, because they do not (8) become a debt by that. If he says: "He has a hundred as a deposit with me, and he stipulated the guarantee upon me," he is not liable for their guarantee, because a deposit does not become guaranteed by mere stipulation. If he says: "He has a hundred dirhams against me or with me (9) as a loan for use ('ariyah)," he becomes liable for them, and they are guaranteed by him, whether we rule for the validity of the loan for use of dirhams or for its corruption, because what is guaranteed in a valid contract is guaranteed in a corrupt one. If he says: "He deposited a hundred with me, but I did not take possession of it," or "He loaned me a hundred, but I did not receive it," his statement is accepted if connected, but it is not accepted if it is disconnected. The same applies if he says: "He paid me a hundred, but I did not take possession of it." This is the opinion of al-Shafi'i.

Section: If he says: "He has a thousand in this slave," or "He has a thousand from this slave," he is requested to clarify. If he says: "He paid a thousand on my behalf as its price," it is a loan. If he says: "He paid (10) a thousand as its price," we say: "Clarify how much the price of the slave was, and how the purchase occurred?" If he says: "It was a single offer and acceptance, he paid a thousand, and I paid a thousand," he is an admitter of half the slave. If he says: "I paid two thousand," he is an admitter of a third of it, and the statement is his along with his oath, whether the value is the amount he mentioned or less, because he may be cheated or he may cheat others. If he says: "We bought it (11) with two offers," it is said: "How much did he buy of it?" If he says: "A half, or a third, or less, or more," it is accepted from him along with his oath, whether it matches the value or contradicts it. If he says: "He bequeathed him a thousand from its price," it is directed to him from its price. If he wishes to give him a thousand from his wealth, other than the price of the slave, he is not obligated to accept it, because the right of the legatee is specific to its price. If he explains