Chapter on Emancipation and Its Rulings
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 46
وَ رَوَى جَمِيلٌ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي رَجُلٍ أَعْتَقَ مَمْلُوكَهُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ وَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ قَالَ "إِنْ كَانَ قِيمَةُ اَلْعَبْدِ مِثْلَ اَلَّذِي عَلَيْهِ وَ مِثْلَهُ جَازَ عِتْقُهُ وَ إِلاَّ لَمْ يَجُزْ".
Jamil narrated from Zurarah, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, regarding a man who freed his slave at the time of his death while he was in debt. Imam عليه السلام said: "If the value of the slave equals the amount of his debt or more, the emancipation is valid. Otherwise, it is not valid."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 201