Chapter on Absconding Slaves
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 53
وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "اُكْتُبْ لِلْآبِقِ فِي وَرَقَةٍ أَوْ فِي قِرْطَاسٍ: "بِسْمِ اَللّٰهِ اَلرَّحْمٰنِ اَلرَّحِيمِ" يَدُ فُلاَنٍ مَغْلُولَةٌ إِلَى عُنُقِهِ إِذَا أَخْرَجَهَا لَمْ يَكَدْ يَرٰاهٰا وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَجْعَلِ اَللّٰهُ لَهُ نُوراً فَمٰا لَهُ مِنْ نُورٍ ثُمَّ لُفَّهَا ثُمَّ اِجْعَلْهَا بَيْنَ عُودَيْنِ ثُمَّ أَلْقِهَا فِي كَوَّةِ بَيْتٍ مُظْلِمٍ فِي اَلْمَوْضِعِ اَلَّذِي كَانَ يَأْوِي فِيهِ ".
Abu Jameelah narrated from Abdullah ibn Abi Ya'fur, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام: "Write for the runaway slave on a piece of paper or parchment: 'In the Name of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The hand of [slave's name] is tied to his neck. If he extends it, he will hardly see it. And whomever Allah سبحانه وتعالى has not granted light, for him there is no light (Surah An-Nur 24:40).' Then wrap it, place it between two sticks, and throw it into a dark corner of the house where he used to stay."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh