A man who frees a man as a saibah: to whom does his inheritance go?

Ata narrates that a man set his slave free in such a way that no one would have patronage over him. Then he died and left property. Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about this, and he said: "The people of Islam do not set free in this way; it was only the people of the Era of Ignorance who set free in this way. You are his patron and his benefactor, and you have more right to his inheritance than other people. And if you feel uneasy about anything, then there are many heirs here," meaning the public treasury.

Al-Sha'bi says: The property of a freed slave was brought to Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), whose masters had set him free in such a way that no one would inherit from him. He said to his masters: "This is the property of your freed slave." They said: "We have no need of this property; we set him free in such a way that no one would have patronage over him." He said: "Among the funds of the Muslims there is a place for it."

Abu Uthman says that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A slave set free in this way and charity are for the Day of Resurrection.

Bakr bin Abdullah al-Muzani says that thirty thousand dirhams were brought to Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). The narrator says: I think he said: He had set him free in such a way that no one would have patronage over him. So he ordered that slaves be bought with it.

Zakariyya narrates that Amir said, concerning a man who set his slave free in such a way that no one would have patronage over him: His inheritance will go to his patron.

Yunus says: Al-Hasan was asked about the inheritance of a slave whose master set him free on the condition that no one would have patronage over him. He said: The same ruling applies to every freed person.

Ibn Awn narrates from Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: I know of nothing other than that the inheritance of such slaves will go to their masters, except that [the text breaks off here]

Abu Amr al-Shaybani says that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Such a slave may place his property wherever he wishes.

Ata bin Abi Rabah says that Tariq bin al-Muraqqi' set a slave of his free for the sake of Allah. Then the slave died and left his property. It was presented to his master Tariq, who said: "This is something I have given up for Allah, so I will not take it back." So Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was written to about this. He said: "Give the property to Tariq. If he takes it, well and good; otherwise, buy slaves with it and set them free." The narrator says: That property reached the price of fifteen slaves.

Muhammad bin Sirin says that a woman of the Ansar set Sayyiduna Salim (may Allah be pleased with him) free on the condition that no one would have patronage over him, and she said: "Take as your patron whomever you wish." He took Sayyiduna Abu Hudhayfah bin Utbah (may Allah be pleased with him) as his patron. He was then martyred in the Battle of Yamamah, and his property was given to the woman who had set him free.