حَدَّثَنِي مَالِك، عَنْ
ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُ، يَقُولُ : مَضَتِ السُّنَّةُ أَنَّ
" الْعَبْدَ إِذَا أُعْتِقَ، تَبِعَهُ مَالُهُ " .
Ibn Shihab used to say that the established practice is that when a slave is set free, his property belongs to him.