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 عَمَّارُ بْنُ مُوسَى اَلسَّابَاطِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي مُكَاتَبٍ بَيْنَ شَرِيكَيْنِ فَيُعْتِقُ أَحَدُهُمَا نَصِيبَهُ كَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ اَلْخَادِمُ قَالَ "يَخْدُمُ اَلثَّانِي يَوْماً وَ يَخْدُمُ نَفْسَهُ يَوْماً" قُلْتُ فَإِنْ مَاتَ وَ تَرَكَ مَالاً قَالَ "اَلْمَالُ بَيْنَهُمَا نِصْفَانِ بَيْنَ اَلَّذِي أَعْتَقَ وَ بَيْنَ اَلَّذِي أَمْسَكَ".
Ammar ibn Musa al-Sabati narrated from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, regarding a mukatab (slave undera contract of emancipation) jointly owned by two partners, and one of them freed his share. Imam عليه السلام said: "The slave serves the second partner one day and serves himself one day." I asked: "What if the slave dies and leaves behind wealth?" Imam عليه السلام said: "The wealth is divided equally between the one who freed his share and the one who retained his share."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh