What is the liability when one passenger guarantees half of another's thrown goods, and a third passenger guarantees the remainder?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Beverages (Intoxicants)

Book 53 · Issue 6 · Bab 1

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If a passenger says, 'Throw your belongings overboard, and I guarantee half of it, and my brother guarantees the rest,' and the belongings are thrown, the first passenger is liable only for half, and nothing is due from the other brother because he did not undertake the guarantee.