If a person is unable to pay off the debt owed to the creditor at the time of acting as guarantor and the creditor was not aware of this but now wishes to annul him acting as a guarantor, it is problematic [i.e. based on obligatory precaution, he cannot do this]. This is especially so if the guarantor acquires the ability to pay off the debt before the creditor becomes aware [that he is unable to pay off the debt]. [1] Sometimes, the guarantor in a suretyship is called the ‘surety’.
[2] Ruling 2091 provides further clarification of this term: it refers to someone who spends his wealth in futile ways. [3] As mentioned in Ruling 6, the term ‘problematic’ (maḥall al‑ishkāl) amounts to saying the ruling is based on obligatory precaution. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR » Surety for the Appearance of a Debtor (Kafālah) CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO » Security (Rahn)[1] العربية فارسی اردو English Azərbaycan Türkçe Français