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bayhaqi:11419Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān > Ismāʿīl al-Ṣaffār > Saʿdān > Muʿādh > Shuʿbah b. al-Ḥajjāj > al-Ḥakam And Ḥammād Annahumā

[Machine] About al-Hakam and Hammad, they said regarding a man who took responsibility for another man's life, and then the man died. One of them said, "He is liable for the debts," and the other said, "He is not responsible for anything."  

البيهقي:١١٤١٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا سَعْدَانُ ثنا مُعَاذٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ

عَنِ الْحَكَمِ وَحَمَّادٍ أَنَّهُمَا قَالَا فِي رَجُلٍ تَكَفَّلَ بِنَفْسِ رَجُلٍ فَمَاتَ الرَّجُلُ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا يَضْمَنُ الدَّرَاهِمَ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ