Narrated Amr bin Shuaib: on his father's authority, told that his grandfather reported the Prophet ﷺ said: A slave who has entered into an agreement to purchase his freedom is a slave as long as a dirham of the agreed price remains to be paid.
Hadith ReferenceSunan Abi Dawud / The Book of Manumission of Slaves (Kitab Al-Itaq) / Hadith: 3926
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:حسن | زبیر علی زئی:إسناده حسن, مشكوة المصابيح (3399)
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