Yahya said that he heard Malik say, "What is done in ourcommunity about a man who refers a creditor to another man for thedebt he owes him is that if the one referred to goes bankrupt or dies,and does not leave enough to pay the debt, then the creditor hasnothing against the one who referred him and the debt does not returnto the first party."Malik said, "This is the way of doingthings about which there is no dispute in our community."Malik said, "If a man has his debt to somebody taken on for him byanother man and then the man who took it on dies or goes bankrupt,then whatever was taken on by him returns to the first debtor."
USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 36, Hadith 38