A mukatab whose master stipulates that he may not leave or marry

Al-Hasan said: If a person stipulates on a mukatab that he shall not leave this city and shall not marry, this condition is void. He may go wherever he wishes, and he may also marry.

Ibrahim said: You impose conditions on the mukatab that are not lawful for you. You stipulate that he shall not go out of the city and shall not marry. He may go out of the city, and he may also marry.

The same is also reported through another chain.

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The masters of a mukatab slave will get what they stipulated, and what they have taken is theirs.

Sa'id bin Jubayr said: If he wishes, he may go.

Al-Sha'bi said: If a man stipulates that the mukatab may not go out of the city, this condition is not valid; he may go out.

Waki' said: Sufyan said: He may not go out without the permission of his master.

Muhammad bin Abi Yahya said: My mother told me that her grandfather was the mukatab of Abdullah bin Qays al-Aslami. He intended to go to Basrah, but Abdullah bin Qays forbade him. Her grandfather came to Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked about the issue, and he said: You may not forbid him. So he was allowed to go.

Jabir said: If a person stipulates on a mukatab that he may not go out of the city and may not marry, this condition is not acceptable.

Ibrahim said: The earlier generations used to dislike imposing conditions on the mukatab that would harm him, such as that he may not go out of the city and may not marry.