Selling a mudabbar slave

Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) and Shurayh said that a mudabbar slave (one to be freed upon his master's death) cannot be sold.

It is likewise reported from Shurayh; they both (Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) and Shurayh) said that a mudabbar slave (one to be freed upon his master's death) is not to be sold.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said that a mudabbar slave woman (one to be freed upon her master's death) may not be sold by her master, nor may he give her in marriage, nor may he give her away as a gift, and her child has the same status as her.

Uthman bin Hakim said: I asked Salim: Is it lawful for me to sell her? He said: No. I asked: May I give her as a dowry (mahr)? He said: No.

Al-Sha'bi said that a mudabbar slave (one to be freed upon his master's death) is like an ordinary slave, except that he cannot be sold and cannot be given away as a gift; when his master dies, he becomes free.

Al-Hasan disliked the sale of a mudabbar slave (one to be freed upon his master's death); however, if his owner is afflicted with severe poverty, then he may be sold.

Muhammad disliked the sale of a mudabbar slave (one to be freed upon his master's death), except a sale to the slave himself.

Muhammad said that a mudabbar slave (one to be freed upon his master's death) cannot be sold, except that he may be sold to himself.

Ata said that he may not sell her; however, if he is in need of her price, he may sell her.

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sold a mudabbar slave (one to be freed upon his master's death).

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said that a man made a slave of his a mudabbar (one to be freed upon his master's death), and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sold him to Sayyiduna Ibn al-Nahham (may Allah be pleased with him). He was a Coptic slave who died last year, during the emirate of Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him).

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) disliked the sale of a mudabbar slave (one to be freed upon his master's death).