What is the difference between a partnership of specific assets and a partnership of descriptions?

The questioner : May Allah bless you. What is the difference between a partnership of specific assets and a partnership of descriptions?

The Shaykh : Yes. The difference between them is that in a partnership of descriptions, each of the two partners has independent capital. In a partnership of specific assets, the capital is shared jointly between the two partners. An example of this is two men whose father died and left them one hundred sheep; this is a partnership of specific assets because each one has a share in every single sheep. The second example is two men, each of whom has fifty sheep, and they mixed them together, meaning they made them equal so they graze together and return from the pasture together, and there is one male sheep. As will be mentioned regarding descriptions, what does each one have? It is independent and distinct from the other, clearly.

The questioner : Yes, but each one knows his items.

The Shaykh : Yes, there is no doubt. Each one knows that these are his and these are difficult.