The Meaning of Kafalat and Kafil
Issue No.1985- If a person has a right on someone else (for example, he is owed a debt, penalty, blood money, or any other right), or he claims a right which is acceptable, and if another person accepts to be personal surety for the defendant so that the owner of the right or the plaintiff let him go free and when the creditor or the plaintiff asks for the defendant, he (the bailsman) takes the responsibility for the appearance of the defendant before him, this agreement is called kafālah (bail agreement) and the person who accepts such a responsibility is called the kafīl (bailsman).
