Chapter on the Contract of Manumission (Mukataba)
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 48
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 3, Book 1, Chapter 48
Chapter on the Contract of Manumission (Mukataba)
وَ رَوَى حَمَّادٌ عَنِ اَلْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي اَلْمُكَاتَبِ يُكَاتَبُ وَ يَشْتَرِطُ عَلَيْهِ مَوَالِيهِ أَنَّهُ إِنْ عَجَزَ فَهُوَ مَمْلُوكٌ وَ لَهُمْ مَا أَخَذُوا مِنْهُ قَالَ "يَأْخُذُهُ مَوَالِيهِ بِشَرْطِهِمْ".
Hammad narrated from al-Halabi, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, regarding a mukatab (a slave under a contract of emancipation) who enters into the contract with his masters, and they stipulate that if he fails to complete the payments, he will return to slavery, and whatever they have already received from him will remain theirs. Imam عليه السلام said: "His masters will take him back as a slave based on their condition."
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