What is the legal status of a pledge if the property is returned to the pledger after possession has been established?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Pledges (Collateral)

Book 13 · Issue 3 · Bab 1

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Primary text

If a house or a female slave (jariya) that was pledged is returned to the pledger, it ceases to be a pledge at that moment.