He was asked:
A man lends another man money, but the borrower refuses to repay him except in another town, requiring the lender to travel and transport the money. Must the lender bear the travel expenses?
He replied:
The borrower must repay the lender in the town where he borrowed the money, without burdening him with any travel or transport expenses. If he says, “I will repay you only in another town,” he is liable for the reasonable expenses the lender incurs.
He was asked:
If a man lends another man dirhams to be repaid in another town, is that permissible or not?
He replied:
If he lends him dirhams to be repaid in another town—for example, the lender wishes to transfer the dirhams to another town, while the borrower has dirhams there but needs dirhams in the lender’s town, so he borrows from him and writes him a “bill of transfer,” that is, a document addressed to the borrower’s town—this is valid according to