موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب العتق والولاءBook: On the Explanation of Emancipation and Allegiance
بَابُ الْقَضَاءِ فِي مَالِ الْعَبْدِ إِذَا عَتَقَRuling on the property of a slave when he is freed
Hadith 1271B1
قَالَ مَالِك : وَمِمَّا يُبَيِّنُ ذَلِكَ، أَنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا عَتِقَ تَبِعَهُ مَالُهُ، أَنَّ الْمُكَاتَبَ إِذَا كُوتِبَ تَبِعَهُ مَالُهُ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَشْتَرِطْهُ الْمُكَاتِبُ، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ عَقْدَ الْكِتَابَةِ هُوَ عَقْدُ الْوَلَاءِ إِذَا تَمَّ ذَلِكَ، وَلَيْسَ مَالُ الْعَبْدِ وَالْمُكَاتَبِ بِمَنْزِلَةِ مَا كَانَ لَهُمَا مِنْ وَلَدٍ، إِنَّمَا أَوْلَادُهُمَا بِمَنْزِلَةِ رِقَابِهِمَا لَيْسُوا بِمَنْزِلَةِ أَمْوَالِهِمَا، لِأَنَّ السُّنَّةَ الَّتِي لَا اخْتِلَافَ فِيهَا أَنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا عَتَقَ تَبِعَهُ مَالُهُ وَلَمْ يَتْبَعْهُ وَلَدُهُ، وَأَنَّ الْمُكَاتَبَ إِذَا كُوتِبَ تَبِعَهُ مَالُهُ وَلَمْ يَتْبَعْهُ وَلَدُهُ .
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that when a slave is made a mukatab (contracted for freedom), whatever wealth he possesses will remain his own, and this ruling does not apply to children. The children that the slave has at the time of being freed or contracted will belong to the master. Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: The evidence for this is that when a slave or a mukatab becomes insolvent, their wealth and umm walad (slave woman who bore a child) will be taken, but not their children, because children are not the property of the slave.
