قَالَ مَالِكٌ فِي مُدَبَّرٍ كَاتَبَهُ سَيِّدُهُ فَمَاتَ السَّيِّدُ وَلَمْ يَتْرُكْ مَالًا غَيْرَهُ. قَالَ مَالِكٌ : يُعْتَقُ مِنْهُ ثُلُثُهُ. وَيُوضَعُ عَنْهُ ثُلُثُ كِتَابَتِهِ. وَيَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ ثُلُثَاهَا. ¤
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that if a mudabbar is made a mukatab by his master, then the master dies and leaves nothing except him, then one third of him will be freed, and one third will be deducted from the price of the kitabah, and two thirds will have to be paid by the mudabbar.