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—and the owner denies it, his claim is not accepted unless he substantiates it with evidence. The same ruling applies to a depositary, an agent, an executor, and a broker who works for a commission1 when any of them alleges that he has returned the property. If the broker is acting without remuneration, however, his statement is accepted once he swears an oath.2
(1) Al-Lubdi notes in his marginal commentary (p. 194): “In the author’s phrase the first term is omitted because the second makes it clear; similarly one may say: muwaddaʿ bi-jaʿl (a paid depositary), wakil bi-jaʿl (a paid agent), wasi bi-jaʿl (a paid executor), and dallal bi-jaʿl (a paid broker).”
(2) In manuscript B the reading is "yuqbal" without the prefixed particle fa-, and manuscript M has the same.
فأنكره لم يقبل قوله إلا ببينة وكذا مودع ووكيل ووصى ودلال بجعل١ إذا ادعى الرد وبلا جعل فيقبل٢ قوله بيمينه.
١ قال اللبدي في الحشية "ص: ١٩٤": في كلامه الحذف من الأول لدلالة الثاني عليه أي وكذا: مودع بجعل ووكيل بجعل ووصي بجعل ودلال بجعل.
٢ في "ب" "يقبل" بدون الفاء وكذا في "م".