What is the legal effect if one of the two debtors pays five hundred, or if the creditor releases him from five hundred, provided the payment or release specifies its application to the original debt and the guarantee (daman) through explicit wording or evidence?

Chapter on Guarantee (Daman)

Al-Mughni

Book of Assignment (Transfer of Debt)

Book 17 · Issue 2 · Bab 2

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If one debtor pays five hundred, or the creditor explicitly releases him from five hundred, specifying through wording or proof that this covers the original debt (Asl) and the guarantee (daman), the payment or release applies entirely to that obligation.