Sent payment of a debt with a messenger and does not know if it was paid
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Hello.
Question: He owes money to a non-profit organization, and he sent, by the hand of someone who owes him money, to pay the organization, but he does not trust that he actually did so, and he cannot verify this. Is he obligated to pay the organization?
Answer
Shalom and blessings.
If he has a debt and is not certain that it has been paid, he is still obligated.
Source
Section 75, paragraphs 9–10, explains that if one says, "I do not know whether I repaid," he is liable in human courts if there is someone who claims from him; and if there is no one who claims from him, he is exempt in human courts but liable in Heaven.
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