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لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ الرَّجُلُ يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ عِتْقُ رَقَبَةٍ مُؤْمِنَةٍ فَلَا يَجِدُهَا كَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ فَقَالَ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْأَطْفَالِ فَأَعْتِقُوهُمْ فَإِنْ خَرَجَتْ مُؤْمِنَةً فَذَاكَ وَ إِنْ لَمْ تَخْرُجْ مُؤْمِنَةً فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ شَيْءٌ.
English translationBab Ul Qaim Publications
Hadith.3561 - Muhammad ibn Isa al-Ubaydi narrated from al-Fadl ibn al-Mubarak al-Basri, from his father, from Abu Abdullah (as): I said to Imam (as): "May I be your ransom, a man is required to free a believing slave, but he cannot find one. What should he do?" Imam (as) replied: "Resort to the children (among slaves) and free them. If they turn out to be believers, then that fulfills the requirement. But if they do not turn out to be believers, then there is no obligation upon you."
Translation: Bab Ul Qaim Publications·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.
الهوامش1
[1]السؤال مبنى على توهم عدم شمول رقبة مؤمنة للاطفال فمراده عدم وجدان البالغ فقال عليه السلام يكفى الاطفال.( سلطان).ص 154