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Hadith 62
Hadith #
62
Book
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume
3
Section
48
Part
Chapters on Legal Cases and Rulings
Chapter
Chapter on the Contract of Manumission (mukataba)
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
Hadith.3482 - Imam (as) was asked about a man who owned a slave, and the slave requested a mukataba (a contract of emancipation). Is the master allowed to set the terms of the mukataba at a high price? Imam (as) said: "Yes."
3482 - وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : فِي رَجُلٍ مَلَكَ مَمْلُوكاً لَهُ فَسَأَلَ صَاحِبَهُ اَلْمُكَاتَبَةَ أَ لَهُ أَنْ لاَ يُكَاتِبَهُ إِلاَّ عَلَى اَلْغَلاَءِ قَالَ "نَعَمْ".
Tags Slavery/Captives

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