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 1296B6
قَالَ مَالِك : لَيْسَ لِلْمُكَاتَبِ أَنْ يُقَاطِعَ سَيِّدَهُ إِذَا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ لِلنَّاسِ فَيَعْتِقُ وَيَصِيرُ لَا شَيْءَ لَهُ، لِأَنَّ أَهْلَ الدَّيْنِ أَحَقُّ بِمَالِهِ مِنْ سَيِّدِهِ، فَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ بِجَائِزٍ لَهُ .
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that if a mukatab (a slave with a contract for freedom) is in debt, the master should not sever ties with him, lest the slave becomes free and thereafter all his wealth goes to the creditors and the master receives nothing.
