Hadith record

Hadith.3467 - Ibn Mahbub narrated from Ali ibn Ri'ab, from Burayd ibn Mu'awiyah, who said: I asked Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as), about a man who made his wealthy slave mudabbar (to be freed after his death). The mudabbar, with the permission of his master, bought a bondwoman who bore him children. Then the mudabbar died before his master. Imam (as) said: "I believe that all the property, possessions, or estates left by the mudabbar belong to the one who made him mudabbar. As for the mother of his children, she remains a slave to the one who made him mudabbar. However, I see that her children take the same status as their father-they are mudabbar. Therefore, when the one who made their father mudabbar dies, they will be freed."

Translation: Bab Ul Qaim Publications — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.