وَإِنْ قَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ «لِي عَلَيْكَ أَلْفٌ» فَقَالَ «اتَّزِنْهَا» أَوْ «انْتَقِدْهَا» أَوْ «أَجِّلْنِي بِهَا» أَوْ «قَدْ قَضَيْتُكَهَا» فَهُوَ إِقْرَارٌ
If someone says, “You owe me 1,000,” and the respondent says “Weigh it,” “Inspect it,” “Give me more time for it,” or “I already paid it to you,” that reply counts as acknowledgment.
None of these literally says “I admit the debt.” In context, however, each treats the specific claim as a recognized obligation.
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Text: a reply may itself be an admission
Kitab al-Iqrar: Debt and Trust, Admissions by Reply, and Deferred Debts
وَإِنْ قَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ «لِي عَلَيْكَ أَلْفٌ» فَقَالَ «اتَّزِنْهَا» أَوْ «انْتَقِدْهَا» أَوْ «أَجِّلْنِي بِهَا» أَوْ «قَدْ قَضَيْتُكَهَا» فَهُوَ إِقْرَارٌ
If someone says, “You owe me 1,000,” and the respondent says “Weigh it,” “Inspect it,” “Give me more time for it,” or “I already paid it to you,” that reply counts as acknowledgment.
None of these literally says “I admit the debt.” In context, however, each treats the specific claim as a recognized obligation.