Compare two statements about the same figure:
لَكَ عَلَيَّ أَلْفٌ — “I owe you 1,000”: a debt.
لَكَ عِنْدِي أَلْفٌ — “I have 1,000 of yours”: prima facie a trust.
The presence of a money amount in both does not erase the difference. The contrast between ʿalayya and ʿindi matters to classification.
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Kitab al-Iqrar: Debt and Trust, Admissions by Reply, and Deferred Debts
Compare two statements about the same figure:
لَكَ عَلَيَّ أَلْفٌ — “I owe you 1,000”: a debt.
لَكَ عِنْدِي أَلْفٌ — “I have 1,000 of yours”: prima facie a trust.
The presence of a money amount in both does not erase the difference. The contrast between ʿalayya and ʿindi matters to classification.