يَبِيعُهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ عَنْ ثَمَنِهِ غِنًى[2] قَالَ إِذَا رَضِيَ الْمَمْلُوكُ فَلَا بَأْسَ.
Hadith.3456 - Ishaq ibn Ammar asked Abu Ibrahim (Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim) (as), about a man who frees his slave as a delayed emancipation (to take effect after his death) and then becomes in need of the slave's price. Imam (as) said: "He may sell him." I asked: "What if he is not in need of the price?" Imam (as)
إِنِ احْتَاجَ صَاحِبُهُ إِلَى ثَمَنِهِ وَ رَضِيَ الْمَمْلُوكُ فَلَا بَأْسَ[3].
I asked him about a mudabbar (a slave promised freedom after the owner's death). Imam (as) said: "If his owner needs the price and the slave agrees, then there is no harm in selling him."
لَا إِلَّا أَنْ يَشْتَرِطَ عَلَى الَّذِي يَبِيعُهُ إِيَّاهُ أَنْ يُعْتِقَهُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ[4].
Hadith.3458 - It is narrated by al-Ala', from Muhammad ibn Muslim, from one of the Imams (as), peace be upon them, regarding a man who frees his male or female slave as a mudabbar (to be freed after his death) and then becomes in need of the slave's price. Imam (as) said: "No, he may not sell the slave-unless he stipul
وَ سُئِلَ أَبُو إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع[5] عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ دَبَّرَتْ جَارِيَةً لَهَا فَوَلَدَتِ
Hadith.3459 - Abu Ibrahim (Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim (as)) was asked about a woman who made her bondwoman mudabbar (to be freed after her death). The bondwoman later gave birth to a precious daughter, and it was unclear whether the child was also mudabbar like her mother or not. Imam (as) said: "When the pregnancy
إِنْ كَانَ عَلِمَ بِحَبَلِ الْجَارِيَةِ فَمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا بِمَنْزِلَتِهَا وَ إِنْ كَانَ لَمْ يَعْلَمْ فَمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا رِقٌ[3] قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُدَبِّرُ الْمَمْلُوكَ وَ هُوَ حَسَنُ الْحَالِ ثُمَّ يَحْتَاجُ أَ يَجُوزُ لَهُ أَنْ يَبِيعَهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ إِذَا احْتَاجَ إِلَى ذَلِكَ[4].
Hadith.3460 - Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Washsha' asked Abu al-Hasan (as) about a man who made his bondwoman mudabbar (to be freed after his death) while she was pregnant. Imam (as) said: "If he knew about the pregnancy of the bondwoman, then what is in her womb has the same status as her (i.e., it is also mudabbar). But if h
الْمُدَبَّرُ مِنَ الثُّلُثِ وَ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ فِي ثُلُثِهِ إِنْ كَانَ أَوْصَى فِي صِحَّةٍ أَوْ مَرَضٍ[5].
نَعَمْ أَيَّ ذَلِكَ شَاءَ فَعَلَ[1].
Hadith.3462 - Aban narrated from Abu Maryam, from Abu Abdullah (as), who was asked about a man who made his bondwoman mudabbar (to be freed after his death). Imam (as) was asked: "Can he have relations with her if he wishes, or marry her off, or sell her service during his lifetime?" Imam (as) said: "Yes, he may do any
لِمَوْلَاهُ أَنْ يُكَاتِبَهُ إِنْ شَاءَ[3] وَ لَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ يَبِيعَهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ الْعَبْدُ أَنْ يَبِيعَهُ مُدَّةَ حَيَاتِهِ[4] وَ لَهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ مَالَهُ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ[5].
I asked him about a male or female slave who had been made mudabbar (to be freed after the master's death). Imam (as) said: "The master may enter into a mukataba (a contract of emancipation in exchange for payment) with the slave if he wishes. However, he cannot sell the slave unless the slave agrees to be sold for the
لَا وَ لَكِنْ لَهَا مِنْ نَفْسِهَا ثُلُثُهَا وَ لِلْوَارِثِ ثُلُثَاهَا يَسْتَخْدِمُهَا بِحِسَابِ الَّذِي لَهُ مِنْهَا وَ يَكُونُ لَهَا مِنْ نَفْسِهَا بِحِسَابِ مَا أُعْتِقَ مِنْهَا.
Hadith.3464 - Abdullah ibn Sinan asked him about a woman who freed one-third of her servant at the time of her death. He asked: "Are her heirs required to enter into a mukataba (a contract of emancipation in exchange for payment) with the servant if they wish, or can they refuse?" Imam (as) said: "No, but the servant o
لِعَبْدِهِ- إِنْ حَدَثَ بِي حَدَثٌ فَهُوَ حُرٌّ وَ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ تَحْرِيرُ رَقَبَةٍ فِي كَفَّارَةِ يَمِينٍ أَوْ ظِهَارٍ أَ لَهُ أَنْ يُعْتِقَ عَبْدَهُ الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَهُ الْعِتْقَ إِنْ حَدَثَ بِهِ حَدَثٌ فِي كَفَّارَةِ تِلْكَ الْيَمِينِ قَالَ لَا يَجُوزُ الَّذِي يَجْعَلُ لَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ[1].
I asked him about a man who said to his slave, "If something happens to me, you are free." Meanwhile, the man is obligated to free a slave as an expiation for breaking an oath or zihar (a form of prohibited declaration regarding one's wife). I asked: "Can he use this same slave, whom he had promised freedom upon his de
أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ دَبَّرَ غُلَامَهُ وَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ فِرَاراً مِنَ الدَّيْنِ قَالَ لَا تَدْبِيرَ لَهُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ دَبَّرَهُ فِي صِحَّةٍ مِنْهُ وَ سَلَامَةٍ فَلَا سَبِيلَ لِلدُّيَّانِ عَلَيْهِ[2].
I asked Abu Abdullah (as), about a man who made his slave mudabbar (to be freed after his death) while he was in debt, intending to escape from paying the debt. Imam (as) said: "There is no valid tadbir (declaration of delayed emancipation) in this case. However, if he made the tadbir while he was in good health and fr
أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ دَبَّرَ مَمْلُوكاً لَهُ تَاجِراً مُوسِراً[3] فَاشْتَرَى الْمُدَبَّرُ جَارِيَةً بِأَمْرِ مَوْلَاهُ فَوَلَدَتْ مِنْهُ أَوْلَاداً ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْمُدَبَّرَ مَاتَ قَبْلَ سَيِّدِهِ فَقَالَ أَرَى
I asked Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as), about a man who made his wealthy slave mudabbar (to be freed after his death). The mudabbar, with the permission of his master, bought a bondwoman who bore him children. Then the mudabbar died before his master. Imam (as) said: "I believe that all the property, po
قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع[1] الْمُعْتَقُ عَنْ دُبُرٍ هُوَ مِنَ الثُّلُثِ وَ مَا جَنَى هُوَ وَ الْمُكَاتَبُ وَ أُمُّ الْوَلَدِ فَالْمَوْلَى ضَامِنٌ لِجِنَايَتِهِمْ[2].
Hadith.3468 - Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) said: "A mudabbar (a slave promised freedom after the owner's death) is counted as part of the one-third (of the estate). As for any offense committed by the mudabbar, the mukatab (a slave under a contract of emancipation), or the umm al-walad (a bondwoman who bore her master a