Chapter on Miscellaneous Matters Related to Emancipation
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 55
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 3, Book 1, Chapter 55
Chapter on Miscellaneous Matters Related to Emancipation
وَ رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْوَرْدِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ مَمْلُوكٍ نَصْرَانِيٍّ لِرَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ عَلَيْهِ جِزْيَةٌ قَالَ "نَعَمْ إِنَّمَا هُوَ مَالِكُهُ يَفْتَدِيهِ إِذَا أُخِذَ يُؤَدِّي عَنْهُ ".
Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Hisham ibn Salim, from Abu al-Ward, who said: I asked Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام about a Christian slave owned by a Muslim man-does the slave have to pay jizyah (tribute tax)? Imam عليه السلام replied: "Yes, because his owner is the one responsible for redeeming him if he is taken, and he (the owner) must pay it on his behalf."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh