Chapter on Conditional Emancipation (Tadbir)
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 47
وَ سَأَلَ اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ اَلْوَشَّاءُ أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنْ رَجُلٍ دَبَّرَ جَارِيَةً وَ هِيَ حُبْلَى فَقَالَ "إِنْ كَانَ عَلِمَ بِحَبَلِ اَلْجَارِيَةِ فَمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا بِمَنْزِلَتِهَا وَ إِنْ كَانَ لَمْ يَعْلَمْ فَمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا رِقٌّ " قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يُدَبِّرُ اَلْمَمْلُوكَ وَ هُوَ حَسَنُ اَلْحَالِ ثُمَّ يَحْتَاجُ أَ يَجُوزُ لَهُ أَنْ يَبِيعَهُ قَالَ "نَعَمْ إِذَا اِحْتَاجَ إِلَى ذَلِكَ".
Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Washsha' asked Abu al-Hasan عليه السلام about a man who made his bondwoman mudabbar (to be freed after his death) while she was pregnant. Imam عليه السلام said: "If he knew about the pregnancy of the bondwoman, then what is in her womb has the same status as her (i.e., it is also mudabbar). But if he did not know, then what is in her womb remains in bondage (not mudabbar)." Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Washsha' further asked him about a man who made his slave mudabbar while he was financially well-off, but later he became needy. Imam عليه السلام said: "Yes, if he becomes in need, it is permissible for him to sell the slave."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 201