What is the ruling when either the principal debtor or the guarantor discharges the debt to the creditor?
Chapter on Guarantee (Daman)
Al-Mughni
Book of Assignment (Transfer of Debt)
Primary text
Both the principal debtor and the guarantor are absolved from the claim of the creditor if one of them discharges the right. This is because the right is singular; once it is fulfilled once, the attachment to both parties ceases, similar to when the debt secured by a mortgage is satisfied.