موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب المكاتبBook: On the Explanation of Mukatib (Contracted Slave)
بَابُ سَعْيِ الْمُكَاتَبِEfforts of the Mukatab (contracted slave)
Hadith 1297
عَنْ مَالِكٌ أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ، وَسُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ، سُئِلَا عَنْ رَجُلٍ كَاتَبَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَعَلَى بَنِيهِ ثُمَّ مَاتَ. هَلْ يَسْعَى بَنُو الْمُكَاتَبِ فِي كِتَابَةِ أَبِيهِمْ أَمْ هُمْ عَبِيدٌ؟ فَقَالَا : بَلْ يَسْعَوْنَ فِي كِتَابَةِ أَبِيهِمْ وَلَا يُوضَعُ عَنْهُمْ لِمَوْتِ أَبِيهِمْ شَيْءٌ. ¤
Urwah bin Zubair and Sulayman bin Yasar were asked: If a person makes himself and his sons mukatab (contracted for manumission) and then dies, will his sons work to pay off the contract or remain slaves? They said: They will strive to fulfill their father's contract, and their father's death will not reduce anything from the amount of the contract.
