What is the ruling if a debt of one thousand is owed by two individuals, each liable for five hundred, and each is a guarantor for the other, and the creditor transfers the entire one thousand debt obligation to one of them?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Assignment (Transfer of Debt)

Book 17 · Issue 2 · Bab 1

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If the creditor transfers the entire one thousand debt to one of the two debtors who were co-guarantors for each other, the liability of both is extinguished, just as if the debt had been settled completely.