Chapter on Conditional Emancipation (Tadbir)
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 47
وَ رَوَى وُهَيْبُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ دَبَّرَ غُلاَمَهُ وَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ فِرَاراً مِنَ اَلدَّيْنِ قَالَ "لاَ تَدْبِيرَ لَهُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ دَبَّرَهُ فِي صِحَّةٍ مِنْهُ وَ سَلاَمَةٍ فَلاَ سَبِيلَ لِلدُّيَّانِ عَلَيْهِ".
Wuhayb ibn Hafs narrated from Abu Basir, who said: I asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, about a man who made his slave mudabbar (to be freed after his death) while he was in debt, intending to escape from paying the debt. Imam عليه السلام said: "There is no valid tadbir (declaration of delayed emancipation) in this case. However, if he made the tadbir while he was in good health and free from any financial distress, then the creditors have no claim over the slave."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 202