قَالَ مَالِكٌ : وَمِمَّا يُبَيِّنُ ذَلِكَ أَيْضًا أَنَّ مِنْ سُنَّةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَنَّ الْوَلَاءَ لِمَنْ عَقَدَ الْكِتَابَةَ. وَأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِمَنْ وَرِثَ سَيِّدَ الْمُكَاتَبِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ مِنْ وَلَاءِ الْمُكَاتَبِ. وَإِنْ أَعْتَقْنَ نَصِيبَهُنَّ شَيْءٌ إِنَّمَا وَلَاؤُهُ لِوَلَدِ سَيِّدِ الْمُكَاتَبِ الذُّكُورِ أَوْ عَصَبَتِهِ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ.
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that another proof of this is that the practice of the Muslims is also that the person who enters into a contract of kitabah, the wala’ will go to him, and among the heirs of the master of the mukatab, the women will not receive the wala’, even if they free a portion themselves. Rather, the wala’ will go to the sons of the master of the mukatab or to other male agnates.