Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Abdul Kareem narrates that my maternal uncle's wife passed away, and she was wealthy. She left behind a servant and a child. Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The father should assess the value of the servant for the child's share, and then employ the servant in work.

Hazrat Sufyan says that I asked Hazrat Tawus and Hasan about this matter. Both of them said: There is no harm in using it.

Musa says that his grandmother passed away in the presence of Hazrat Abu Burdah, may Allah have mercy on him. Hazrat Abu Burdah kept some of her slave girls for himself. I said to him, "Ibn Aun narrated to you from Muhammad that if a person intends to take a slave girl belonging to a small child, he should appraise her value for him and appoint a witness to her price for him?" He replied, "Yes, I have heard this."

It is narrated from Ismail that a woman passed away, leaving behind a small child and a slave-girl. Her father intended to purchase the slave-girl. Hazrat Saeed said: Go to the market and determine her price, then appoint witnesses over the payment, and after that, do with her as you wish.