two halves. When the entire debt is collected, the legatee’s portion is completed to half of the slave, and the owner of the one-third has one-quarter of the two hundred, which is one-third of the wealth. If the debt is collected before the division, they shall be divided between them in the same manner: the legatee of the one-third has one-quarter of the two hundred and one-quarter of the slave, and the legatee of the one-third of the slave has one-quarter of it. This is because the two bequests constitute four-ninths of the wealth, and the permissible amount of them is one-third of the wealth, which is three-ninths, and that is three-quarters of their bequests. So, we reduced each one of them to three-quarters of their bequest, which is one-quarter of the entire wealth for the owner of the one-third, and one-quarter of the slave for the owner of the one-third. There are other opinions in this matter besides what we have stated, which we have omitted due to their length, but this is the most correct among them, God willing; because we imposed the reduction on each of them proportional to their share in the bequest, and we completed the one-third for both of them, even if they were permitted to take what remained of their bequest—which is one-quarter of it—so that the one-third of the wealth is completed for its owner, and the one-third of the slave for the other.

Section: If he left two sons and left ten in cash and ten as a debt owed by one of his two sons—who is insolvent—and he bequeathed one-third of his wealth to a foreigner, the legatee and the son who does not owe the debt shall divide the ten [units] of cash in two halves, and two-thirds of the debt is remitted from the debtor, while one-third of it remains due to them from him. If the bequest was for one-quarter, the ten [units] of cash are divided between them in fifths: the legatee receives two-fifths (which is four), and the son receives six. Three-quarters of the debtor's debt is remitted, and one-quarter remains due from him. When it is collected, it is divided between them in fifths, just as the cash was divided, because the bequest is for one-quarter, which is two-eighths, and six-eighths remain. Each son has three-eighths, so the share of the legatee and the son who does not owe the debt becomes five-eighths: three for the son and two shares for the legatee. For this reason, we divided the cash and what was obtained for them from the debt between them in fifths, and three-quarters of what was owed by the debtor was remitted, because he has three-eighths, which is three-quarters of the half that is owed by him.