A man whose wife dies leaving young children and a servant

Abd al-Karim said: My maternal uncle's wife died, and he was wealthy. She left a servant-girl and young children. Sa'id bin Jubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "There is no harm in the father valuing the children's shares in the servant-girl and then having intimate relations with her."

Sufyan said: I asked Tawus and al-Hasan about this, and they both said: "There is no harm in having intimate relations with her."

Musa said that his grandmother died while with Abu Burdah (may Allah have mercy on him), and Abu Burdah took some of her slave-girls for himself. I said to him: "Did Ibn Awn narrate to you from Muhammad that if a person intends to take the slave-girl of his young child, he should have her valued against himself and make witnesses on their behalf to her price?" He said: "Yes, I have heard it."

It is narrated from Isma'il that a woman died, leaving a small child and a slave-girl. The child's father wanted to buy the slave-girl. Sa'id said: "Go to the market and have her valued, then make witnesses to her price, and after that do with her whatever you wish."