The Book of Hunting

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ دَبَّرَتْ جَارِيَةً لَهَا فَوَلَدَتِ الْجَارِيَةُ جَارِيَةً نَفِيسَةً فَلَمْ تَعْلَمِ الْمَرْأَةُ حَالَ الْمَوْلُودَةِ مُدَبَّرَةٌ هِيَ أَوْ غَيْرُ مُدَبَّرَةٍ فَقَالَ لِي مَتَى كَانَ الْحَمْلُ بِالْمُدَبَّرَةِ أَ قَبْلَ أَنْ دَبَّرَتْ أَوْ بَعْدَ مَا دَبَّرَتْ فَقُلْتُ لَسْتُ أَدْرِي وَ لَكِنْ أَجِبْنِي فِيهِمَا جَمِيعاً فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ دَبَّرَتْ وَ بِهَا حَبَلٌ وَ لَمْ تَذ

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Usman Bin Isa Al Kilaby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Al-Hassan asws the 1 st , said, ‘I asked him asws about a woman who arranged (the emancipation of) her slave girl of hers. So, the slave girl have birth to a gem of a girl. So the woman does not know the s

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ دَبَّرَ مَمْلُوكَتَهُ ثُمَّ زَوَّجَهَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ آخَرَ فَوَلَدَتْ مِنْهُ أَوْلَاداً ثُمَّ مَاتَ زَوْجُهَا وَ تَرَكَ أَوْلَادَهُ مِنْهَا فَقَالَ أَوْلَادُهُ مِنْهَا كَهَيْئَتِهَا فَإِذَا مَاتَ الَّذِي دَبَّرَ أُمَّهُمْ فَهُمْ أَحْرَارٌ قُلْتُ لَهُ أَ يَجُوزُ لِلَّذِي دَبَّرَ أُمَّهُمْ أَنْ يَرُدَّ فِي تَدْبِيرِهِ إِذَا احْتَاجَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ مَاتَتْ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub, from Aban Bin Taghlub who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a man who arranged (the emancipation of) his slave girl. Then he got her married to another man. So she gave birth to children from him. Then her husband died, and left the chi

الْمُدَبَّرُ مَمْلُوكٌ وَ لِمَوْلَاهُ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ فِي تَدْبِيرِهِ إِنْ شَاءَ بَاعَهُ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ وَهَبَهُ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ أَمْهَرَهُ قَالَ وَ إِنْ تَرَكَهُ سَيِّدُهُ عَلَى التَّدْبِيرِ وَ لَمْ يُحْدِثْ فِيهِ حَدَثاً حَتَّى يَمُوتَ‌ سَيِّدُهُ فَإِنَّ الْمُدَبَّرَ حُرٌّ إِذَا مَاتَ سَيِّدُهُ وَ هُوَ مِنَ الثُّلُثِ إِنَّمَا هُوَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ رَجُلٍ أَوْصَى بِوَصِيَّةٍ ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُ بَعْدُ فَغَيَّرَهَا مِنْ قَبْلِ م

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘The owned slave with the arranged (emancipation), and for his master is that he retracts regarding his arrangement, if he so desires to he sells him, and if he so desire

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ دَبَّرَ مَمْلُوكاً لَهُ تَاجِراً مُوسِراً فَاشْتَرَى الْمُدَبَّرُ جَارِيَةً بِأَمْرِ مَوْلَاهُ فَوَلَدَتْ مِنْهُ أَوْلَاداً ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْمُدَبَّرَ مَاتَ قَبْلَ سَيِّدِهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَرَى أَنَّ جَمِيعَ مَا تَرَكَ الْمُدَبَّرُ مِنْ مَالٍ أَوْ مَتَاعٍ فَهُوَ لِلَّذِي دَبَّرَهُ وَ أَرَى أَنَّ أُمَّ وَلَدِهِ لِلَّذِي دَبَّرَهُ وَ أَرَى أَنَّ وُلْدَهَا مُدَبَّرُونَ كَهَيْئَةِ أَبِ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ali Bin Raib, from Bureyd Bin Muawiya Al Ajaly who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far asws about a man who arranged (the emancipation) of an owned slave of his, a businessman, financially affluent. So the arranged slave buys a slave girl by the order of his mas

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ دَبَّرَ مَمْلُوكاً لَهُ ثُمَّ احْتَاجَ إِلَى ثَمَنِهِ فَقَالَ هُوَ مَمْلُوكُهُ إِنْ شَاءَ بَاعَهُ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ أَعْتَقَهُ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ أَمْسَكَهُ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ فَإِذَا مَاتَ السَّيِّدُ فَهُوَ حُرٌّ مِنْ ثُلُثِهِ.

And by his chain, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub Al Khazzaz, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far asws about a man who arranged (the emancipation of) an owned slave of his. Then he became needy to his price. So he asws said: ‘He is his slave, if he so desires to he sells him, and if he so desires to

فِي الْمُدَبَّرِ وَ الْمُدَبَّرَةِ يُبَاعَانِ يَبِيعُهُمَا صَاحِبُهُمَا فِي حَيَاتِهِ فَإِذَا مَاتَ فَقَدْ عَتَقَا لِأَنَّ التَّدْبِيرَ عِدَّةٌ وَ لَيْسَ بِشَيْ‌ءٍ وَاجِبٍ فَإِذَا مَاتَ كَانَ الْمُدَبَّرُ مِنْ ثُلُثِهِ الَّذِي يَتْرُكُ وَ فَرْجُهَا حَلَالٌ لِمَوْلَاهَا الَّذِي دَبَّرَهَا وَ لِلْمُشْتَرِي إِذَا اشْتَرَاهَا حَلَالٌ بِشِرَائِهِ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ.

قُلْتُ لَهُ إِنِّي كَاتَبْتُ جَارِيَةً لِأَيْتَامٍ لَنَا وَ اشْتَرَطْتُ عَلَيْهَا إِنْ هِيَ عَجَزَتْ فَهِيَ رَدٌّ فِي الرِّقِّ وَ أَنَا فِي حِلٍّ مِمَّا أَخَذْتُ مِنْكِ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي لَكَ شَرْطُكَ وَ سَيُقَالُ لَكَ إِنَّ عَلِيّاً ع كَانَ يَقُولُ يُعْتَقُ مِنَ الْمُكَاتَبِ بِقَدْرِ مَا أَدَّى مِنْ مُكَاتَبَتِهِ فَقُلْ إِنَّمَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ قَوْلِ عَلِيٍّ ع قَبْلَ الشَّرْطِ فَلَمَّا اشْتَرَطَ النَّاسُ كَانَ لَ

الْمُكَاتَبُ لَا يَجُوزُ لَهُ عِتْقٌ وَ لَا هِبَةٌ وَ لَا نِكَاحٌ وَ لَا شَهَادَةٌ وَ لَا حَجٌّ حَتَّى يُؤَدِّيَ جَمِيعَ مَا عَلَيْهِ إِذَا كَانَ مَوْلَاهُ قَدْ شَرَطَ عَلَيْهِ إِنْ هُوَ عَجَزَ عَنْ نَجْمٍ مِنْ نُجُومِهِ فَهُوَ رَدٌّ فِي الرِّقِّ.

Ibn Mahboub, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘The contracted slave, it is not allowed for him an emancipation, nor a gifting, nor marriage, nor testimony, nor a Hajj, until he pays off the entirety of what is upon him, when his master that stipulated upo

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ كَاتَبَ عَبْداً لَهُ عَلَى أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ وَ لَمْ يَشْتَرِطْ عَلَيْهِ حِينَ كَاتَبَهُ إِنْ هُوَ عَجَزَ عَنْ مُكَاتَبَتِهِ فَهُوَ رَدٌّ فِي الرِّقِّ وَ إِنَّ الْمُكَاتَبَ أَدَّى إِلَى مَوْلَاهُ خَمْسَمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ ثُمَّ مَاتَ الْمُكَاتَبُ وَ تَرَكَ مَالًا وَ تَرَكَ ابْناً لَهُ مُدْرِكاً فَقَالَ نِصْفُ مَا تَرَكَ الْمُكَاتَبُ مِنْ شَيْ‌ءٍ فَإِنَّهُ لِمَوْلَاهُ الَّذِي كَاتَبَهُ وَ النِّصْفُ ا

Ibn Mahboub, from Umar Bin Yazeed, from Bureyd Al Ajaly who said, ‘I asked him asws about a man who contracted a slave of his upon a thousand Dirhams, and did not stipulate upon him when he contracted him that if he was frustrated from (paying off) his contract, so he would be returned into the slavery, and that the co

سُئِلَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ كَاتَبَ أَمَةً لَهُ فَقَالَتِ الْأَمَةُ مَا أَدَّيْتُ مِنْ مُكَاتَبَتِي فَأَنَا بِهِ حُرَّةٌ عَلَى حِسَابِ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَهَا نَعَمْ فَأَدَّتْ بَعْضَ مُكَاتَبَتِهَا وَ جَامَعَهَا مَوْلَاهَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ اسْتَكْرَهَهَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ ضُرِبَ مِنَ الْحَدِّ بِقَدْرِ مَا أَدَّتْ مِنْ مُكَاتَبَتِهَا وَ دُرِئَ عَنْهُ مِنَ الْحَدِّ بِقَدْرِ مَا بَقِيَ لَهُ مِنْ مُكَاتَبَتِهَا وَ إِنْ كَ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Amro Bin Usman, from Al Husayn Bin Khalid, (It has been narrated) from Al-Sadiq asws , said, ‘He asws was asked about a man who contracted a slave girl of his. So the slave girl said, ‘Whatever I pay off from my contract, so I would be free by it upon the accounting of that’. So h

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمُكَاتَبِ قَالَ يَجُوزُ عَلَيْهِ مَا شَرَطْتَ عَلَيْهِ.

Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moala Bin Muhamammad, from Al Hassan Bin Ali, from Aban, from the one who informed him, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I asked him asws about the contracted slave. He asws said: ‘It is allowed upon him whatever is stipulated upon him’.

إِنَّ الْمُكَاتَبَ إِذَا أَدَّى شَيْئاً أُعْتِقَ بِقَدْرِ مَا أَدَّى إِلَّا أَنْ يَشْتَرِطَ مَوَالِيهِ إِنْ هُوَ عَجَزَ فَهُوَ مَرْدُودٌ فَلَهُمْ شَرْطُهُمْ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Al Aa’la Bin Razeyn, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘The contracted slave, when he pays off something, he is emancipated by the measurement of what he pays off, except if his master had stipulate

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- وَ آتُوهُمْ مِنْ مالِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي آتاكُمْ‌[1] قَالَ الَّذِي أَضْمَرْتَ أَنْ تُكَاتِبَهُ عَلَيْهِ لَا تَقُولُ أُكَاتِبُهُ بِخَمْسَةِ آلَافٍ وَ أَتْرُكُ لَهُ أَلْفاً وَ لَكِنِ انْظُرْ إِلَى الَّذِي أَضْمَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ فَأَعْطِهِ وَ عَنْ قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- فَكاتِبُوهُمْ إِنْ عَلِمْتُمْ فِيهِمْ خَيْراً قَالَ الْخَيْرُ إِنْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ عِنْدَهُ مَالًا.

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ مُكَاتَبَةٍ أَدَّتْ ثُلُثَيْ مُكَاتَبَتِهَا وَ قَدْ شُرِطَ عَلَيْهَا إِنْ عَجَزَتْ فَهِيَ رَدٌّ فِي الرِّقِّ وَ نَحْنُ فِي حِلٍّ مِمَّا أَخَذْنَا مِنْهَا وَ قَدِ اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهَا نَجْمَانِ قَالَ تُرَدُّ وَ تَطِيبُ لَهُمْ مَا أَخَذُوا مِنْهَا وَ قَالَ لَيْسَ لَهَا أَنْ تُؤَخِّرَ النَّجْمَ بَعْدَ حَلِّهِ شَهْراً وَاحِداً إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِمْ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Muawiya Bin Wahab who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a contracted woman who has paid off two-thirds of her contract, and it had been stipulated upon her that if she was frustrated (from paying), so she would be returned to the slavery, and

فِي الْمُكَاتَبِ إِذَا أَدَّى بَعْضَ مُكَاتَبَتِهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ النَّاسَ كَانُوا لَا يَشْتَرِطُونَ وَ هُمُ الْيَوْمَ يَشْتَرِطُونَ وَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ عِنْدَ شُرُوطِهِمْ فَإِنْ كَانَ شُرِطَ عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ إِنْ عَجَزَ رَجَعَ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يُشْتَرَطْ عَلَيْهِ لَمْ يَرْجِعْ وَ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- فَكاتِبُوهُمْ إِنْ عَلِمْتُمْ فِيهِمْ خَيْراً قَالَ كَاتِبُوهُمْ إِنْ عَلِمْتُمْ أَنَّ لَهُمْ مَالًا قَالَ وَ

إِنْ عَلِمْتُمْ لَهُمْ مَالًا وَ دِيناً.

سَأَلْتُهُ ع عَنِ الْعَبْدِ يُكَاتِبُهُ مَوْلَاهُ وَ هُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ لَا يَمْلِكُ قَلِيلًا وَ كَثِيراً قَالَ يُكَاتِبُهُ وَ لَوْ كَانَ يَسْأَلُ النَّاسَ وَ لَا يَمْنَعُهُ الْمُكَاتَبَةَ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنْ لَيْسَ لَهُ مَالٌ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَرْزُقُ الْعِبَادَ بَعْضَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍ وَ الْمُؤْمِنُ مُعَانٌ وَ يُقَالُ وَ الْمُحْسِنُ مُعَانٌ‌[2].

فِي رَجُلٍ كَاتَبَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَ مَالِهِ وَ لَهُ أَمَةٌ وَ قَدْ شُرِطَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ لَا يَتَزَوَّجَ فَأَعْتَقَ الْأَمَةَ وَ تَزَوَّجَهَا قَالَ لَا يَصْلُحُ لَهُ أَنْ يُحْدِثَ فِي مَالِهِ إِلَّا أَكْلَةً مِنَ الطَّعَامِ وَ نِكَاحُهُ فَاسِدٌ مَرْدُودٌ قِيلَ فَإِنَّ سَيِّدَهُ عَلِمَ بِنِكَاحِهِ وَ لَمْ يَقُلْ شَيْئاً قَالَ إِذَا صَمَتَ حِينَ يَعْلَمُ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ أَقَرَّ قِيلَ فَإِنَّ الْمُكَاتَبَ عَتَقَ أَ فَتَرَ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Muawiya Bin Wahab, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said regarding a man who had been contracted upon, and his wealth, and for him was a slave girl, and it was stipulated upon him that he would not get married. So he emancipate

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ كَانَ لَهُ أَبٌ مَمْلُوكٌ وَ كَانَتْ لِأَبِيهِ امْرَأَةٌ مُكَاتَبَةٌ قَدْ أَدَّتْ بَعْضَ مَا عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا ابْنُ الْعَبْدِ هَلْ لَكِ أَنْ أُعِينَكِ فِي مُكَاتَبَتِكِ حَتَّى تُؤَدِّي مَا عَلَيْكِ بِشَرْطِ أَنْ لَا يَكُونَ لَكِ الْخِيَارُ عَلَى أَبِي إِذَا أَنْتِ مَلَكْتِ نَفْسَكِ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ فَأَعْطَاهَا فِي مُكَاتَبَتِهَا عَلَى أَنْ لَا يَكُونَ لَهَا الْخِيَارُ عَلَيْهِ بَعْدَ مَا

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Malik Bin Atiyya, from Suleyman Bin Khalid, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I asked him asws about a man who had a father of an owned slave, and for his father was a wife, a contracted slave girl, who had paid off part of what wa

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَعْتَقَ نِصْفَ جَارِيَتِهِ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَاتَبَهَا عَلَى النِّصْفِ الْآخَرِ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَقَالَ فَلْيَشْتَرِطْ عَلَيْهَا أَنَّهَا إِنْ عَجَزَتْ عَنْ نُجُومِهَا فَإِنَّهَا تُرَدُّ فِي الرِّقِّ فِي نِصْفِ رَقَبَتِهَا قَالَ فَإِنْ شَاءَ كَانَ لَهُ فِي الْخِدْمَةِ يَوْمٌ وَ لَهَا يَوْمٌ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يُكَاتِبْهَا قُلْتُ فَلَهَا أَنْ تَتَزَوَّجَ فِي تِلْكَ الْحَالِ قَالَ لَا

And by his chain, from Ibn Mahboub, from Malik Bin Atiyya, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far asws about a man who emancipated half of his slave girl, then he contracted her upon the other half after that. So he asws said: ‘So let him stipulated upon her that if she was frustrated from her installments, so s

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ كَاتَبَ مَمْلُوكَهُ فَقَالَ بَعْدَ مَا كَاتَبَهُ هَبْ لِي بَعْضاً وَ أُعَجِّلَ لَكَ مَا كَانَ مُكَاتَبَتِي أَ يَحِلُّ ذَلِكَ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ هِبَةً فَلَا بَأْسَ وَ إِنْ قَالَ حُطَّ عَنِّي وَ أُعَجِّلَ لَكَ فَلَا يَصْلُحُ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Al Amraky Bin Ali, (It has been narrated) from Ali son of Ja’far asws , from his brother asws Abu Al-Hassan asws , said, ‘I asked him asws about a man who contracted his slave. So he said after having contracted him, ‘Gift me part of it, and I will hasten for you what was in my contract’. Is th

فِي مُكَاتَبَةٍ يَطَؤُهَا مَوْلَاهَا فَتَحْمِلُ قَالَ يَرُدُّ عَلَيْهَا مَهْرَ مِثْلِهَا وَ تَسْعَى فِي قِيمَتِهَا فَإِنْ عَجَزَتْ فَهِيَ مِنْ أُمَّهَاتِ الْأَوْلَادِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from hi sfather, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws that Amir Al-Momineen asws having said regarding a contracted slave girl, her master copulated with her. He asws said: ‘A similar dower would be returned to her, and she would work regarding her price. So if

فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- فَكاتِبُوهُمْ إِنْ عَلِمْتُمْ فِيهِمْ خَيْراً وَ آتُوهُمْ مِنْ مالِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي آتاكُمْ‌ قَالَ تَضَعُ عَنْهُ مِنْ نُجُومِهِ الَّتِي لَمْ تَكُنْ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَنْقُصَهُ مِنْهَا وَ لَا تَزِيدُ فَوْقَ مَا فِي نَفْسِكَ فَقُلْتُ كَمْ فَقَالَ وَضَعَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ مَمْلُوكِهِ أَلْفاً مِنْ سِتَّةِ آلَافٍ.

كُلُّ عَبْدٍ مُثِّلَ بِهِ فَهُوَ حُرٌّ.

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ إِذَا عَمِيَ الْمَمْلُوكُ فَلَا رِقَّ عَلَيْهِ وَ الْعَبْدُ إِذَا جُذِمَ فَلَا رِقَّ عَلَيْهِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah saww said: ‘When the owned slave is blinded, so there is no slavery upon him; and the slave, when he is suffers from leprosy, so there is no slavery upon him’.

إِذَا عَمِيَ الْمَمْلُوكُ أَعْتَقَهُ صَاحِبُهُ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ أَنْ يُمْسِكَهُ.

Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, form Moala Bin Muhammad, from Al Hassan Bin Ali Al Washa, from Aban, from Ismail Al Ju’fy, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘When the owned slave is blinded, his master should emancipate him, and it would not be for him that he keeps him’.

إِذَا عَمِيَ الْمَمْلُوكُ فَقَدْ عَتَقَ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, form his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad Bin Usman, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘When the owned slave is blinded, so he has been emancipated’.

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُعْتِقَ مَمْلُوكاً لَهُ وَ قَدْ كَانَ مَوْلَاهُ يَأْخُذُ مِنْهُ ضَرِيبَةً فَرَضَهَا عَلَيْهِ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ فَرَضِيَ بِذَلِكَ الْمَوْلَى وَ رَضِيَ بِذَلِكَ الْمَمْلُوكُ فَأَصَابَ الْمَمْلُوكُ فِي تِجَارَتِهِ مَالًا سِوَى مَا كَانَ يُعْطِي مَوْلَاهُ مِنَ الضَّرِيبَةِ قَالَ فَقَالَ إِذَا أَدَّى إِلَى سَيِّدِهِ مَا كَانَ فَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ فَمَا اكْتَسَبَ بَعْدَ ا

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, and ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, altogether, from Ibn Mahboub, from Umar Bin Yazeed who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a man who intended to emancipated an owned slave of his, and his master had taken from him his earnings, which he had enforced upon him during

إِذَا كَاتَبَ الرَّجُلُ مَمْلُوكَهُ وَ أَعْتَقَهُ وَ هُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ لَهُ مَالًا وَ لَمْ يَكُنِ اسْتَثْنَى السَّيِّدُ الْمَالَ حِينَ أَعْتَقَهُ فَهُوَ لِلْعَبْدِ.

Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Bukeyr, from Zurara, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘When the man contracts his owned slave, and emancipates him, and he knows that for him would be wealth, and did not happen to make an exclusion for the wealth when he emancipated him, so it is for the slave’.

إِنْ كَانَ عَلِمَ أَنَّ لَهُ مَالًا تَبِعَهُ مَالُهُ وَ إِلَّا فَهُوَ لِلْمُعْتِقِ.

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَعْتَقَ عَبْداً لَهُ وَ لِلْعَبْدِ مَالٌ لِمَنِ الْمَالُ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ‌ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ لَهُ مَالًا تَبِعَهُ مَالُهُ وَ إِلَّا فَهُوَ لَهُ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Abu Najran, from Muhammad, from Zurara who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far asws about a man who emancipated a slave of his, and for the slave is wealth. For whom is the wealth?’ He asws said: ‘If he knew that there is wealth for him, he would pursue his wealth, or else it

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَالَ لِمَمْلُوكِهِ أَنْتَ حُرٌّ وَ لِي مَالُكَ قَالَ لَا يَبْدَأُ بِالْحُرِّيَّةِ قَبْلَ الْمَالِ يَقُولُ لَهُ لِي مَالُكَ وَ أَنْتَ حُرٌّ بِرِضَى الْمَمْلُوكِ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Khalid, from sa’ad, from Abu Jareer who said, ‘I asked Abu Al-Hassan asws about a man who said to his owned slave, ‘You are free, and for me is your wealth’. He asws said: ‘He would not begin with the freedom before the wealth. He should be saying to him, ‘

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ عِتْقِ الْمُكْرَهِ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ عِتْقُهُ بِعِتْقٍ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Umar Bin Azina, from Zurara, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws , said, ‘I asked him asws about an emancipation of the coerced. So he asws said: ‘His emancipation is not with a (valid) emancipation’.

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ الْمَعْتُوهَةِ الذَّاهِبَةِ الْعَقْلِ أَ يَجُوزُ بَيْعُهَا وَ صَدَقَتُهَا قَالَ لَا وَ عَنْ طَلَاقِ السَّكْرَانِ وَ عِتْقِهِ قَالَ لَا يَجُوزُ.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Abdul Kareem, from Al Halby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I asked him asws about the demented woman with the intellect gone, is her selling and her charity allowed?’ He asws ; ‘No’. And about a divorce

وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ وَ بُرَيْدِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَ فُضَيْلٍ وَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْأَزْرَقِ وَ مَعْمَرِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ وَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ أَنَّ الْمُدَلَّهَ لَيْسَ عِتْقُهُ بِعِتْقٍ‌[1].

لَا يَجُوزُ عِتْقُ السَّكْرَانِ.

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ أُمِّ الْوَلَدِ قَالَ أَمَةٌ تُبَاعُ وَ تُورَثُ وَ تُوهَبُ وَ حَدُّهَا

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ali Bin Raib, from Zurara, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws , said, ‘I asked him asws about a mother of the child. He asws said: ‘She can be sold, and inherited, and gifted, and her legal penalty ( Hadd ) is a legal penalty ( Hadd ) of the slave girl’.

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ أُمِّ الْوَلَدِ تُبَاعُ فِي الدَّيْنِ قَالَ نَعَمْ فِي ثَمَنِ رَقَبَتِهَا[2].

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌ أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ تَرَكَ سُرِّيَّةً لَهَا وَلَدٌ أَوْ فِي بَطْنِهَا وَلَدٌ أَوْ لَا وَلَدَ لَهَا فَإِنْ أَعْتَقَهَا رَبُّهَا عَتَقَتْ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يُعْتِقْهَا حَتَّى تُوُفِّيَ فَقَدْ سَبَقَ فِيهَا كِتَابُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‌[3] وَ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ أَحَقُّ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهَا وَلَدٌ فَتَرَكَ مَالًا جُعِلَتْ فِي نَصِيبِ وَلَدِهَا قَالَ وَ قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي رَجُلٍ تَرَكَ ج

إِنْ شَاءُوا بَاعُوهَا فِي الدَّيْنِ الَّذِي يَكُونُ عَلَى مَوْلَاهَا مِنْ ثَمَنِهَا وَ إِنْ كَانَ لَهَا وَلَدٌ قُوِّمَتْ عَلَى وَلَدِهَا مِنْ نَصِيبِهِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from one of our companions, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding a man who bought a slave girl (and) copulated with her. So she gave birth for him to a child, and her child died. So he asws said: ‘If he so desires to, he sells her regarding the de

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَوْ قَالَ لِأَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع أَسْأَلُكَ فَقَالَ سَلْ فَقُلْتُ لِمَ بَاعَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع أُمَّهَاتِ الْأَوْلَادِ قَالَ فِي فَكَاكِ رِقَابِهِنَّ قُلْتُ وَ كَيْفَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ اشْتَرَى جَارِيَةً فَأَوْلَدَهَا ثُمَّ لَمْ يُؤَدِّ ثَمَنَهَا وَ لَمْ يَدَعْ مِنَ الْمَالِ مَا يُؤَدَّى عَنْهَا أُخِذَ وَلَدُهَا مِنْهَا وَ بِيعَتْ فَأُدِّيَ ثَمَنُهَا قُلْتُ فَيُبَع

فِي أُمِّ وَلَدٍ لَيْسَ لَهَا وَلَدٌ مَاتَ وَلَدُهَا وَ مَاتَ عَنْهَا صَاحِبُهَا وَ لَمْ يُعْتِقْهَا هَلْ يَحِلُّ لِأَحَدٍ تَزْوِيجُهَا قَالَ لَا هِيَ أَمَةٌ لَا يَحِلُّ لِأَحَدٍ تَزْوِيجُهَا إِلَّا بِعِتْقٍ مِنَ الْوَرَثَةِ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهَا وَلَدٌ وَ لَيْسَ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ دَيْنٌ فَهِيَ لِلْوَلَدِ وَ إِذَا مَلَكَهَا الْوَلَدُ فَقَدْ عَتَقَتْ بِمِلْكِ وَلَدِهَا لَهَا وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ بَيْنَ شُرَكَاءَ فَقَدْ عَتَقَت

سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ أَنَا حَاضِرٌ عَنْ رَجُلٍ بَاعَ مِنْ رَجُلٍ جَارِيَةً بِكَذَا إِلَى سَنَةٍ فَلَمَّا قَبَضَهَا الْمُشْتَرِي أَعْتَقَهَا مِنَ الْغَدِ وَ تَزَوَّجَهَا وَ جَعَلَ مَهْرَهَا عِتْقَهَا ثُمَّ مَاتَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِشَهْرٍ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنْ كَانَ لِلَّذِي اشْتَرَاهَا إِلَى سَنَةٍ مَالٌ أَوْ عُقْدَةٌ تُحِيطُ بِقَضَاءِ مَا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الدَّيْنِ فِي رَقَبَتِهَا فَإِنَّ عِتْقَهُ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, altogether, from Ibn Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Abu Abdullah asws was asked and I was present, about a man who sold a slave girl to a man with such (and such a price) for up to a yea

فِي الْمَمْلُوكِ يُعْطِي الرَّجُلَ مَالًا لِيَشْتَرِيَهُ فَيُعْتِقَهُ قَالَ لَا يَصْلُحُ لَهُ ذَلِكَ.

Ibn Mahboub, from Al A’ala Bin Razeyn, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws regarding the slave who gives wealth to the man in order to buy him, so he would emancipate him. He asws said: ‘That is not correct for him’.

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ هِشَامَ بْنَ أُدَيْنٍ سَأَلَنِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ جَعَلَ لِعَبْدِهِ الْعِتْقَ إِنْ حَدَثَ بِسَيِّدِهِ حَدَثُ الْمَوْتِ فَمَاتَ السَّيِّدُ وَ عَلَيْهِ تَحْرِيرُ رَقَبَةٍ وَاجِبَةٍ فِي كَفَّارَةٍ أَ يُجْزِئُ عَنِ الْمَيِّتِ عِتْقُ الْعَبْدِ الَّذِي كَانَ السَّيِّدُ جَعَلَ لَهُ الْعِتْقَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ فِي تَحْرِيرِ الرَّقَبَةِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ فَقَالَ لَا

Ibn Mahboub, from Ibrahim Al Karkhy who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws that Hisham Bin Adeyn asked me to ask you asws about a man who made the emancipation of his slave if there were to occur the event of death with his master. So the master died, and upon him was an Obligatory emancipation of a neck with regards t

سَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ وَ أَنَا حَاضِرٌ فَقَالَ يَكُونُ لِيَ الْغُلَامُ فَيَشْرَبُ الْخَمْرَ وَ يَدْخُلُ فِي هَذِهِ الْأُمُورِ الْمَكْرُوهَةِ فَأُرِيدُ عِتْقَهُ فَهَلْ عِتْقُهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ أَوْ أَبِيعُهُ وَ أَتَصَدَّقُ بِثَمَنِهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْعِتْقَ فِي بَعْضِ الزَّمَانِ أَفْضَلُ وَ فِي بَعْضِ الزَّمَانِ الصَّدَقَةُ أَفْضَلُ فَإِذَا كَانَ النَّاسُ حَسَنَةً حَالُهُمْ فَالْعِتْقُ أَفْضَلُ فَإِذَا كَانُوا شَدِيدَةً حَ

Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Ahmad Bin Is’haq, from Bakr Bin Muhammad, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘A man asked him asws and I was present, so he said, ‘There happens to be a slave for me, so he drank the wine, and he entered into this matter (Al-Wilayah) unwillingly. So I intend to emancipate

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ: كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع يَقُولُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ كُلَّهُمْ أَحْرَارٌ إِلَّا مَنْ أَقَرَّ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِالْعُبُودِيَّةِ وَ هُوَ مُدْرِكٌ مِنْ عَبْدٍ أَوْ أَمَةٍ وَ مَنْ شُهِدَ عَلَيْهِ بِالرِّقِّ صَغِيراً كَانَ أَوْ كَبِيراً.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abdullah Bin Sinan who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws saying: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws was saying that the people, all of them are free, except for the one who confesses upon himself with the slavery, and he was an adult from a slave, or a slave girl; and the one

دَخَلَ ابْنُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمُكَارِي عَلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ع فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبْلَغَ اللَّهُ مِنْ قَدْرِكَ أَنْ تَدَّعِيَ مَا ادَّعَى أَبُوكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَا لَكَ أَطْفَأَ اللَّهُ نُورَكَ وَ أَدْخَلَ الْفَقْرَ بَيْتَكَ أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَوْحَى إِلَى عِمْرَانَ أَنِّي وَاهِبٌ لَكَ ذَكَراً فَوَهَبَ لَهُ مَرْيَمَ وَ وَهَبَ لِمَرْيَمَ عِيسَى ع- فَعِيسَى مِنْ مَرْيَمَ وَ مَرْيَم

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي رَجُلٍ نَكَحَ وَلِيدَةَ رَجُلٍ أَعْتَقَ رَبُّهَا أَوَّلَ وَلَدٍ تَلِدُهُ فَوَلَدَتْ تَوْأَماً فَقَالَ أُعْتِقَ كِلَاهُمَا.

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from his father, from Abdullah Bin Al Fazl Al Hashimy, from his father, raising it, ‘He asws said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws judged regarding a man who married a child of a man whose lord had emancipated the first child she gave birth to. So she gave birth to twins.

كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ أَسْأَلُهُ‌ عَنِ الْمَمْلُوكِ يَحْضُرُهُ الْمَوْتُ فَيُعْتِقُهُ الْمَوْلَى فِي تِلْكَ السَّاعَةِ فَيَخْرُجُ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا حُرّاً فَهَلْ لِمَوْلَاهُ فِي ذَلِكَ أَجْرٌ أَوْ يَتْرُكُهُ فَيَكُونُ لَهُ أَجْرُهُ إِذَا مَاتَ وَ هُوَ مَمْلُوكٌ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ يَتْرُكُ الْعَبْدَ مَمْلُوكاً فِي حَالِ مَوْتِهِ فَهُوَ أَجْرٌ لِمَوْلَاهُ وَ هَذَا عِتْقٌ فِي هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ لَيْسَ بِنَافِعٍ لَهُ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, (It has been narrated) from Ali Bin Mahziyar who wrote to him asws asking him asws about the owned slave to whom death presented itself. So the master emancipates him during that moment. So he exited from the world a free man. So, is it for his master with regards to that, a