A man who buys a slave woman, she bears him a child, then another man proves she is his

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked: If a man buys a slave woman and she bears him children, and then a man establishes proof that she belongs to him, what is the ruling? He said: This slave woman will be returned to him, the value of her child will be assessed against the buyer, and the one who sold her will be made to pay it, whether it is much or little.

Ibrahim says: If a man finds his slave woman with another man who had bought her and she has borne that man children, he will take the slave woman, take the value of the children from their father, and reduce something of that value for him.

Abu Maysarah says: In place of every servant there is a servant. This is a fixed obligation, already milked and tied up.

Al-Hasan says: In place of every servant there is a servant.

Muhammad bin Salim says: I asked al-Sha'bi: From when will the value of the child be assessed? He said: From the day he was born.