A mukatab slave who says to his masters: I will pay you early if you reduce it for me

Tawus (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If a mukatab (one with a manumission contract) says to his master: "Reduce some of the manumission payment and I will pay quickly," there is no harm in it.

Tawus said: There is no harm in a master saying to his mukatab (one with a manumission contract): "Pay quickly and I will reduce the manumission payment."

It is narrated from al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) concerning a man saying to his mukatab (one with a manumission contract): "I will make a reduction, so pay quickly," that he disliked it.

Al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If a man makes his slave a mukatab (one with a manumission contract) for some dirhams over a fixed term, and then says to him before the appointed time: "Pay quickly and I will reduce the manumission payment," there is no harm in it.

He said: I have not seen anyone who disliked it except Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), for he used to dislike that, except in exchange for goods.

Al-Hasan and Ibn Sirin (may Allah have mercy on them both) used to dislike that a mukatab (one with a manumission contract) be told: "Pay quickly, before the appointed time, and I will make a reduction."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was asked about a man who says to his mukatab (one with a manumission contract): "Pay quickly and I will make a reduction." He saw no harm in it.

Waki' said: Sufyan used to dislike it in the case of the mukatab and of debt.