Two people claim that they lack funds. The first has merely told a creditor so; the second has received a formal judicial insolvency ruling after inquiry.
On Abu Yusuf and Muhammad’s formulation, they cannot be treated as identical. The Arabic expressly says إذا فلسه الحاكم, meaning “if the judge declares him insolvent.”
Three legal events must therefore remain distinct: personal assertion, supporting evidence and a judicial determination.
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A judicial ruling differs from a private assertion
Kitab al-Hajr: Creditors After Release and Final Rulings
Two people claim that they lack funds. The first has merely told a creditor so; the second has received a formal judicial insolvency ruling after inquiry.
On Abu Yusuf and Muhammad’s formulation, they cannot be treated as identical. The Arabic expressly says إذا فلسه الحاكم, meaning “if the judge declares him insolvent.”
Three legal events must therefore remain distinct: personal assertion, supporting evidence and a judicial determination.