Ruling if a Person Admits a Debt for an Heir or Non-Heir

Hazrat Tawus says that when a person acknowledges a debt in favor of an heir, it is permissible.

When Hasan was asked, he replied: "I make it obligatory upon him; I do not distance him from it."

Hazrat Hakam, Ibrahim, Hazrat Sha'bi, and Hazrat Shurayh state that if, during a terminal illness, a person acknowledges a debt in favor of an heir, it is not permissible without testimony; but if it is in favor of a non-heir, it is permissible.

22004 - From Mansur, from Ibrahim.

22005 - From Sufyan, from Jabir, from al-Sha'bi, from Shurayh.

22006 - (And from Sufyan from Mansur from Ibrahim) (1) (they said) (2): If he acknowledges a debt to an heir during illness, it is not permissible except with evidence, (and if) (3) he acknowledges it to a non-heir, it is permissible.

Hazrat Ibn Uyaynah says that it is not permissible for an heir to acknowledge a debt.

Hazrat Ata says that the admission of a sick person is not valid.

Hazrat Ata says that it is permissible for an heir to acknowledge a debt.

Hazrat Shurayh says that at the time of death, it is permissible to acknowledge a debt in favor of a non-heir, but it is not permissible in favor of an heir without testimony.

Hazrat Maymoon states that if a person acknowledges a debt during illness, it is permissible, because if he had done so in a state of health, it would also have been permissible, and when he is doing so in a state of illness, then all the more it should be permissible.