قَالَ مَالِكٌ : وَتَفْسِيرُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ لَوْ كَانَتْ قِيمَةُ الْمُكَاتَبِ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ وَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْ كِتَابَتِهِ إِلَّا مِائَةُ دِرْهَمٍ. فَأَوْصَى سَيِّدُهُ لَهُ بِالْمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ الَّتِي بَقِيَتْ عَلَيْهِ. حُسِبَتْ لَهُ فِي ثُلُثِ سَيِّدِهِ فَصَارَ حُرًّا بِهَا. ¤
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that if a person, at the time of his death, pardons his mukatab from a thousand dirhams, but does not specify in which installment this pardon will apply, whether in the first or the last, then one-tenth will be pardoned from each installment.