قَالَ مَالِكٌ : كُلُّ ذَاتِ رَحِمٍ فَوَلَدُهَا بِمَنْزِلَتِهَا. إِنْ كَانَتْ حُرَّةً فَوَلَدَتْ بَعْدَ عِتْقِهَا. فَوَلَدُهَا أَحْرَارٌ. وَإِنْ كَانَتْ مُدَبَّرَةً أَوْ مُكَاتَبَةً أَوْ مُعْتَقَةً إِلَى سِنِينَ. أَوْ مُخْدَمَةً أَوْ بَعْضَهَا حُرًّا أَوْ مَرْهُونَةً أَوْ أُمَّ وَلَدٍ فَوَلَدُ كُلِّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُنَّ عَلَى مِثَالِ حَالِ أُمِّهِ. يَعْتِقُونَ بِعِتْقِهَا وَيَرِقُّونَ بِرِقِّهَا. ¤
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that the children of every woman will be like their mother, whether she is a mudabbirah, a mukatabah, a mu‘taqah ila ajal, a makhdumah, a mu‘taqat al-ba‘d, a gard, or an umm walad. The children of each will be like their mother: if she is free, then they are free; and if she becomes a slave, then they too will become slaves.