موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب المكاتبBook: On the Explanation of Mukatib (Contracted Slave)
بَابُ الْقِطَاعَةِ فِي الْكِتَابَةِChapter on deduction in the contract of writing (kitabah)
Hadith 1296B5
قَالَ مَالِك، فِي الْمُكَاتَبِ يُقَاطِعُهُ سَيِّدُهُ فَيَعْتِقُ وَيَكْتُبُ عَلَيْهِ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ قَطَاعَتِهِ دَيْنًا عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ يَمُوتُ الْمُكَاتَبُ وَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ لِلنَّاسِ، قَالَ مَالِك : فَإِنَّ سَيِّدَهُ لَا يُحَاصُّ غُرَمَاءَهُ بِالَّذِي عَلَيْهِ مِنْ قَطَاعَتِهِ وَلِغُرَمَائِهِ أَنْ يُبَدَّءُوا عَلَيْهِ .
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that if a master severs the contract with his mukatab and he becomes free, then whatever amount of the contract remains upon the mukatab is a debt upon him. After this, if the mukatab dies and he owes debts to people, then the master will not be equal to the other creditors; rather, the other creditors will take their debts from this wealth first.
