Once the ḥawāla is sound—that is, once all the aforementioned conditions have been met—the claim passes from the assignor’s liability to that of the assignee, and the assignor’s liability is thereby discharged. For the very meaning of ḥawāla is to move a right from one liability to another. Accordingly, the creditor may no longer return to the assignor, since his claim has been transferred to someone else; he must instead address his demand to the assignee and either collect the debt from him or come to whatever form of settlement both parties find acceptable. A Sharīʿah-compliant ḥawāla is thus a valid form of payment and a lawful means of settlement. It brings ease to people when it is properly employed and honestly used, with no element of deception or evasion.