Chapter on Emancipation and Its Rulings
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 46
وَ رَوَى جَمِيلٌ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ وَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي رَجُلٍ أَعْتَقَ عَبْداً لَهُ مَالٌ لِمَنْ مَالُ اَلْعَبْدِ قَالَ "إِنْ كَانَ عَلِمَ أَنَّ لَهُ مَالاً تَبِعَهُ مَالُهُ وَ إِلاَّ فَهُوَ لِلْمُعْتِقِ" وَ فِي رَجُلٍ بَاعَ مَمْلُوكاً وَ لَهُ مَالٌ قَالَ "إِنْ عَلِمَ مَوْلاَهُ اَلَّذِي بَاعَهُ أَنَّ لَهُ مَالاً فَالْمَالُ لِلْمُشْتَرِي وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَعْلَمِ اَلْبَائِعُ فَالْمَالُ لِلْبَائِعِ".
Jamil narrated from Zurarah, from Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام and Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام, regarding a man who freed a slave that had wealth. The Imams عليه السلام said: "If he knew that the slave had wealth, then the wealth belongs to the freed slave. But if he did not know, then the wealth belongs to the one who emancipated him." And regarding a man who sold a slave that had wealth, the Imams عليه السلام said: "If the seller knew that the slave had wealth, then the wealth belongs to the buyer. But if the seller did not know, then the wealth belongs to the seller."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 200