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 مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "إِنِ اِشْتَرَطَ اَلْمَمْلُوكُ اَلْمُكَاتَبُ عَلَى مَوْلاَهُ أَنَّهُ لاَ وَلاَءَ لِأَحَدٍ عَلَيْهِ أَوِ اِشْتَرَطَ اَلسَّيِّدُ وَلاَءَ اَلْمُكَاتَبِ فَأَقَرَّ اَلْمُكَاتَبُ اَلَّذِي كُوتِبَ فَلَهُ وَلاَؤُهُ " قَالَ "وَ قَضَى أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فِي مُكَاتَبٍ اُشْتُرِطَ عَلَيْهِ وَلاَؤُهُ إِذَا أُعْتِقَ فَنَكَحَ وَلِيدَةً لِرَجُلٍ آخَرَ فَوَلَدَتْ لَهُ وَلَداً فَحُرِّرَ وَلَدُهُ ثُمَّ تُوُفِّيَ اَلْمُكَاتَبُ فَوَرِثَهُ وَلَدُهُ فَاخْتَلَفُوا فِي وَلَدِهِ مَنْ يَرِثُهُ فَأَلْحَقَ وَلَدَهُ بِمَوَالِي أَبِيهِ".
Muhammad ibn Qays narrated from Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام, who said: "If a mukatab (a slave under a contract of emancipation) stipulates with his master that there will be no wala' (loyalty) upon him, or if the master stipulates that the wala' of the mukatab will belong to him and the mukatab agrees, then the wala' belongs to the master." Imam عليه السلام said: "Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, ruled regarding a mukatab who had a condition in his contract that his wala' would belong to his master upon his emancipation. The mukatab married a bondwoman belonging to another man, and she bore him a child. The child was then freed. Later, the mukatab died, and his child inherited from him. There was a dispute regarding who would inherit from the child. Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, ruled that the child should be affiliated with the master of his father."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh