Reference for Bava Batra 346:5

אדרבה בתר ערבא אזלי

R. Nahman demurred: [Is not] this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The exemption of the guarantor from payment where the debtor himself is available. ');">⁹</span> the law of the Persians? — On the contrary; they [invariably] go after the guarantor!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even where the debtor is in possession of property. ');">¹⁰</span>

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