مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ قَالَ:
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سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الرَّجُلِ إِذَا أُعْتِقَ أَ لَهُ أَنْ يَضَعَ نَفْسَهُ حَيْثُ شَاءَ وَ يَتَوَلَّى مَنْ أَحَبَّ فَقَالَ إِذَا أُعْتِقَ لِلَّهِ فَهُوَ مَوْلًى لِلَّذِي أَعْتَقَهُ فَإِذَا أُعْتِقَ وَ جُعِلَ سَائِبَةً فَلَهُ أَنْ يَضَعَ نَفْسَهُ حَيْثُ شَاءَ وَ يَتَوَلَّى مَنْ شَاءَ.
Read English translationHide English translationHubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam,f rom Aban, from Ismail Bin Al Fazal who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the man when is emancipated, is it for him that he places himself wherever he so desires to, and makes a guardian to the one whom he loves to?’ So he asws said: ‘When he is emancipated for the Sake of Allah azwj , so he is a slave of the one who emancipated him. So when he is emancipated and is made a freed slave, so for him is that he places himself wherever he so desires to and makes a guardian the one who he so desires to’.
Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.