الْمُكَاتَبُ يَرِثُ وَ يُورَثُ عَلَى قَدْرِ مَا أَدَّى.
“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 restrictio
إِنْ كَانَ اشْتُرِطَ عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ إِنْ عَجَزَ فَهُوَ مَمْلُوكٌ رَجَعَ ابْنُهُ مَمْلُوكاً وَ الْجَارِيَةُ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنِ اشْتُرِطَ عَلَيْهِ ذَلِكَ أَدَّى ابْنُهُ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ مُكَاتَبَتِهِ وَ وَرِثَ مَا بَقِيَ.
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 up
أَهْلُ الْمِيرَاثِ لَا يَرِثُ وَ لَا نُجِيزُ وَصِيَّتَهَا لَهُ لِأَنَّهُ مُكَاتَبٌ لَمْ يُعْتَقْ وَ لَا يَرِثُ فَقَضَى أَنَّهُ يَرِثُ بِحِسَابِ مَا أُعْتِقَ مِنْهُ.
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 p
يُحْسَبُ مِيرَاثُهُ عَلَى قَدْرِ مَا أُعْتِقَ مِنْهُ لِوَرَثَتِهِ وَ مَا لَمْ يُعْتَقْ مِنْهُ لِأَرْبَابِهِ الَّذِينَ كَاتَبُوهُ مِنْ مَالِهِ.
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 w
سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ مُكَاتَبٍ مَاتَ وَ لَمْ يُؤَدِّ مُكَاتَبَتَهُ وَ تَرَكَ مَالًا وَ وَلَداً قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ سَيِّدُهُ حِينَ كَاتَبَهُ اشْتَرَطَ عَلَيْهِ إِنْ عَجَزَ عَنْ نَجْمٍ مِنْ نُجُومِهِ فَهُوَ رَدٌّ فِي الرِّقِّ وَ كَانَ قَدْ عَجَزَ عَنْ نَجْمٍ فَمَا تَرَكَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَهُوَ لِسَيِّدِهِ وَ ابْنُهُ رَدٌّ فِي الرِّقِّ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ قَبْلَ الْمُكَاتَبَةِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ كَاتَبَهُ
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 maste