موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب المدبرBook: On the Explanation of Mudabbar (Slave Freed Upon Owner's Death)
بَابُ الْقَضَاءِ فِي وَلَدِ الْمُدَبَّرِChapter on legal rulings regarding the child of a mudabbar (slave set free after owner's death)
Hadith 1300Q29
قَالَ مَالِكٌ فِي مُدَبَّرَةٍ دُبِّرَتْ وَهِيَ حَامِلٌ وَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ سَيِّدُهَا بِحَمْلِهَا : إِنَّ وَلَدَهَا بِمَنْزِلَتِهَا. وَإِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ رَجُلٍ أَعْتَقَ جَارِيَةً لَهُ وَهِيَ حَامِلٌ. وَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ بِحَمْلِهَا. قَالَ مَالِكٌ : فَالسُّنَّةُ فِيهَا أَنَّ وَلَدَهَا يَتْبَعُهَا وَيَعْتِقُ بِعِتْقِهَا. ¤
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that if a slave woman is made mudabbar while she is pregnant, then her child will also become mudabbar. The example of this is that if a person frees his pregnant slave woman and he did not know that she was pregnant, then her child will also become free.
