Chapter on the Divorce by a Slave
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 4|Chapter 20
وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ اَلْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي اَلصَّبَّاحِ اَلْكِنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "إِذَا بِيعَتِ اَلْأَمَةُ وَ لَهَا زَوْجٌ فَالَّذِي اِشْتَرَاهَا بِالْخِيَارِ إِنْ شَاءَ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا وَ إِنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَهَا مَعَهُ فَإِنْ هُوَ تَرَكَهَا مَعَهُ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ يُفَرِّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَعْدَ مَا رَضِيَ " قَالَ "وَ إِنْ بِيعَ اَلْعَبْدُ فَإِنْ شَاءَ مَوْلاَهُ اَلَّذِي اِشْتَرَاهُ أَنْ يَصْنَعَ مِثْلَ اَلَّذِي صَنَعَ صَاحِبُ اَلْجَارِيَةِ فَذَلِكَ لَهُ وَ إِنْ هُوَ سَلَّمَ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ يُفَرِّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَعْدَ مَا سَلَّمَ ".
Muḥammad ibn Al-Fuḍayl narrated from Abu Al-Ṣabbaḥ Al-Kinani, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, who said: "If a bondwoman is sold while she has a husband, the buyer has the choice-if he wishes, he may separate them, and if he wishes, he may leave her with her husband. However, if he chooses to leave her with him, he can no longer separate them after agreeing to that." Imam عليه السلام further said: "If a male slave is sold, then his new master has the same choice as the buyer of the bondwoman. But if the master consents to leave them together, he cannot separate them after that consent."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh