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nasai-kubra:4655ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ibn al-Mubārak > Yūnus

[Machine] It is permissible if they both agree for one of them to decide over the other.  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٦٥٥أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ فِي عَبْدَيْنِ مُتَفَاوِضَيْنِ كَاتَبَ أَحَدُهُمَا قَالَ

جَائِزٌ إِذَا كَانَا مُتَفَاوِضَيْنِ يَقْضِي أَحَدُهُمَا عَلَى الْآخَرِ  


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nasai:3938ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ibn al-Mubārak > Yūnus

"One of them may cover for the other if they were partners."  

النسائي:٣٩٣٨أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ يُونُسَ

عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ فِي عَبْدَيْنِ مُتَفَاوِضَيْنِ كَاتَبَ أَحَدُهُمَا قَالَ جَائِزٌ إِذَا كَانَا مُتَفَاوِضَيْنِ يَقْضِي أَحَدُهُمَا عَنِ الآخَرِ