Chapter on Indefinite Confession

If a person says, “He has something against me—something, such-and-such,” and is asked, “Clarify it,”¹² but refuses, he is detained until he does so. Whatever clarification he then gives is accepted as the least asset that carries monetary value. If he dies before giving any clarification, nothing is taken from his heir.

Likewise, if he says, “I owe him a great, weighty, abundant, distinguished, or precious amount of property,” his subsequent explanation is accepted as the least asset of value.

If he says, “He has many dirhams against me,” the minimum accepted is three.

If he says, “I owe him such-and-such dirhams,”³ pronouncing the word dirhams in the nominative or accusative case,⁴ he becomes liable for one dirham. However, if he uses the genitive or pauses after “such-and-such,” he is liable for a portion of a dirham and must clarify further.

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If he says, “I owe him whatever lies between one and ten dirhams,” he is liable for eight; and the wording, “from one dirham—”