1. Abu Ali al-Ash‘ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan ibn Yahya from Mansur ibn Hazim who has narrated the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘A contracting slave inherits proportionate to the amount he has paid.’” (The above form of contracting is a contract between a slave and his master, which is an agreement that requires the slave to pay a certain amount to become free. Such contract can entail conditions and restrictions or is without restrictions). [Note: Other Ahadith of this chapter are not translated because of not being applicable in our time.]

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby and Abdullah Bin Sinan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding a contracted man who died and had paid off some of his contracted amount, and for him was a son from his slave girl. He asws said: ‘If there was a condition upon that if he was frustrated (from paying off his contracted amount), so he would be a slave, his son returns as a slave along with the slave girl, and if there was not such condition upon him, that which remains unpaid from his contract would be paid off by his son, and he would inherit what remains’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Najran and Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, altogether from Aasim Bin Humeyd, from Muhammad Bin Qays, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws regarding a contracted man, under whom was a free wife, so she bequeathed during her death with a bequest. So he asws said: ‘The people of the inheritance do not inherit, and her bequest is not allowed for him because he is a contracted slave, yet to be emancipated (liberated), but he would not inherit’. So he asws judged that he would inherit by the calculation of whatever he had been emancipated (liberated) from it (his contract)’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

And by the chain, from Aasim Bin Humeyd, from Muhammad Bin Qays, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws regarding a contracted slave who died and for him was wealth. He asws said: ‘His inheritance would be calculated in accordance of what he had been emancipated (liberated) from it, to be for his inheritors, and whatever he had not been emancipated from it, is for his master who had contracted him, from his wealth’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Malik Bin Atiyya who said, ‘Abu Abdullah asws was asked about a contracted man who died and had not paid off his contractual amount, and left wealth and children. He asws said: ‘If his master, when he contracted him, had placed a condition upon him that if he was frustrated (from paying it off) a part of his deficit, so he would be returned in the slaver, and he was frustrated from paying the deficit. So whatever something he left, so it would be for his master, and his son would be returned in the slavery if there was a child of his before the contract. And if he was contracted afterwards and there was no such condition placed upon him, so his son is free, and he would pay off on behalf of his father whatever remained upon him from what his father had left. And there is nothing from the inheritance for his sons until he pays off what was upon him. So if his father had not left anything, so there is nothing upon his son’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Humeyd Bin ziyad, from Al Hassan Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Humran, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I asked him asws about a contracted slave who had paid off some of his contractual amount, then died, and left a son of his from his slave girl. He asws said: ‘If there was a stipulated condition upon him, his son and his slave girl would become two slaves, and if there was no stipulated condition upon him, his son would become free and pay off to the master the remainder of the contract, and his son would inherit whatever remains’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Aban, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam asws ) regarding a contracted slave who died and he had paid off something from his contracted amount, and left wealth, and for him were two free children. So he asws said: ‘Ali asws was saying: ‘Make his wealth to be between them with the quotas’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ismail Bin marrar, from Yunus, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I said to him asws , ‘A contracted slave bought himself, and left wealth of his price, a hundred thousand, and there was no inheritor for him’. He asws said: ‘He would inherit, the one who is a guardian of his actions’. I said, ‘Who is the responsible one of his actions?’ He asws said: ‘The guarantor of the actions of the Muslims’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.