Is it permissible for the buyer to return the share of only one seller while retaining the share of the other seller?

Chapter on Selling the Musarrah (Animal with milk retained in udder)

Al-Mughni

Book of Sales

Book 12 · Issue 4 · Bab 5

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It is permissible to return the share belonging to only one seller and keep the share of the other. This is permissible because the buyer is returning to the seller what that seller sold, and returning only a portion does not result in the subdivision (Tashqīṣ) of an indivisible item, as the item subject to sale was already divisible (mushqaṣ) before the sale took place.