Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 22379 — A slave shared by two men, one

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked about a mukatab jointly owned by three men. Some of them settled with him (ending the contract for an agreed sum), while others held on to their contract and did not settle. That mukatab slave then died, leaving a great deal of wealth. Who gets his estate? Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Those who held on to their contract are to be paid the remainder of the contract money in full; then whatever is left is shared among them."