One Who Sets Free a Slave and He is Indebted

سَأَلَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع هَلْ يَخْتَلِفُ ابْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَى وَ ابْنُ شُبْرُمَةَ فَقُلْتُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّهُ مَاتَ مَوْلًى لِعِيسَى بْنِ مُوسَى وَ تَرَكَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْناً كَثِيراً وَ تَرَكَ مَمَالِيكَ يُحِيطُ دَيْنُهُ بِأَثْمَانِهِمْ فَأَعْتَقَهُمْ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ فَسَأَلَهُمَا عِيسَى بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ ابْنُ شُبْرُمَةَ أَرَى أَنْ يَسْتَسْعِيَهُمْ فِي قِيمَتِهِمْ فَيَدْفَعَهَا إِلَى الْغُرَمَاءِ

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), once asked me, ‘Is there a difference between ibn abu Layla’ and ibn Shubramah?’ I replied, ‘It has come to my knowledge that a Maxvla of ‘Isa ibn Musa died with a great deal of debts on him. He possessed a number of slaves whom he set free at the time of his death. Had the slaves been sold, suc

إِنْ كَانَ قِيمَتُهُ مِثْلَ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ وَ مِثْلَهُ جَازَ عِتْقُهُ وَ إِلَّا لَمْ يَجُزْ[3].

“About the case of a man who frees his slave at the time of his death with debt on him, one of the two Imam, (abu Ja‘far or abu ‘Abd Allah), ‘Alayhim al-Salam, has said, ‘If the value of the debt and slave are equal, freeing is permissible, otherwise, it is not permissible.”’

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ع يَقُولُ‌ فِي رَجُلٍ أَعْتَقَ مَمْلُوكاً لَهُ وَ قَدْ حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ وَ أَشْهَدَ لَهُ بِذَلِكَ وَ قِيمَتُهُ سِتُّمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ وَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ ثَلَاثُمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ وَ لَمْ يَتْرُكْ شَيْئاً غَيْرَهُ قَالَ يُعْتَقُ مِنْهُ سُدُسُهُ لِأَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا لَهُ مِنْهُ ثَلَاثُمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ وَ يُقْضَى مِنْهُ ثَلَاثُمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ فَلَهُ مِنَ الثَّلَاثِمِائَةٍ ثُلُثُهَا وَ هُوَ السُّدُ

3. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from ibn Faddal from al-Husayn Aban al-Jahm who has narrated the following: “This is about the case of a man who frees his slave at the time of his death in front of witnesses. The price of the slave is six hundred dirham, his debt is three hundred dir