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kafeel is the party that guarantees an initial party’s performance under a commutative contract or agrees to stand surety is the party that enters into a contract of kafalah (also spelled kifalah). To put it another way, a kafil is someone who combines his obligation to the principal’s (makful or makful anhu) culpability in claims involving debts, bodily harm, or material possessions.
kafeel can alternatively be spelt as “kafil“.
