Some heirs acknowledging a debt owed by the deceased

Mansur reported from al-Hakam and al-Hasan that when an heir acknowledges a debt owed by the deceased, that acknowledgement is held valid within the share that this heir receives from the inheritance.

Mutarrif reported from al-Sha'bi concerning an heir who acknowledges a debt that he said: "He becomes liable for that debt in proportion to his share." The narrator said: Then afterwards he said: "That amount is to be taken out of his share."

It is reported from Yunus that al-Hasan said: That debt becomes payable by him in proportion to his share.

Mughirah reported that Amir said concerning a man who at his death left two sons and left two hundred dinars as his estate, and then one of the sons acknowledged that his father owed a debt of fifty dinars: He said: That debt is to be taken from the share of the one who acknowledged it, and the share of the other remains safe and intact.

It is reported from Mughirah that al-Sha'bi said: When an heir acknowledges a debt owed by the deceased, it becomes payable by him out of his share.