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 1300Q31
قَالَ مَالِكٌ : وَلَا يَحِلُّ لِلْبَائِعِ أَنْ يَسْتَثْنِيَ مَا فِي بَطْنِهَا. لِأَنَّ ذَلِكَ غَرَرٌ. يَضَعُ مِنْ ثَمَنِهَا. وَلَا يَدْرِي أَيَصِلُ ذَلِكَ إِلَيْهِ أَمْ لَا. وَإِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ مَا لَوْ بَاعَ جَنِينًا فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ. وَذَلِكَ لَا يَحِلُّ لَهُ، لِأَنَّهُ غَرَرٌ. ¤
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that similarly it is not permissible for the seller to sell a slave-girl and sell her pregnancy, because there is deception in it; perhaps the child will be born or perhaps not. Its example is like a person selling the unborn child in the womb; such a sale is not valid.
