Those who reduced the amount for a mukatab from his first instalments

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the meaning of the Qur'anic verse "And give them from the wealth of Allah which He has given you" [Al-Nur: 33] is: Remit a quarter, in the first installment.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he disliked that a man should reduce anything for his mukatab (a slave under a contract to buy his freedom) before the last installment, for fear that he might become unable to pay.

Ibn Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him) liked that, when there was a mukatab, it should be written in the contract: And I will reduce for you from the last of your installments.

Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) said: As for the mukatab, you are to give him a quarter of his entire contract amount, advancing it from your own wealth.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) made a slave of his, whose kunyah was Abu Umayyah, a mukatab. When he came with his installment, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: O Abu Umayyah, use it to help yourself in your contract. He said: O Commander of the Faithful, what if you left it until the last installment? Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I fear that I may not live to see that. Then he (may Allah be pleased with him) recited the Qur'anic verse "And give them from the wealth of Allah which He has given you".

Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: It was the first installment paid in Islam.

It is narrated from Muhammad bin Sirin that they used to like that one should leave for his mukatab a portion of his contract amount.

Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) said concerning the Qur'anic verse "And give them from the wealth of Allah which He has given you": Whatever Allah has brought forth for you from your mukatab (is what is meant).

Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Leave him as much as you wish; no particular amount is fixed for this.

Ata and Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on them) said: Something is to be reduced from it for him.

The same is also reported from Mujahid through al-Qasim; they both (Ata and Mujahid) said: Something is to be reduced from it for him.

Mujahid said concerning the Qur'anic verse "And give them from the wealth of Allah which He has given you": Whatever is in your hands (is what is meant).

Abu Abd al-Rahman made a slave a mukatab and gave him a quarter.

And he said: This is the view of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him); and he recited the Qur'anic verse "And give them from the wealth of Allah which He has given you".