موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب البيوعBook: On the Rulings of Buying and Selling
بَابُ الْعَيْبِ فِي الرَّقِيقِDefects in slaves
Hadith 1306B5
. قَالَ مَالِكٌ فِي الرَّجُلِ يَشْتَرِي الْعَبْدَ، فَيُؤَاجِرُهُ بِالْإِجَارَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ، أَوِ الْغَلَّةِ الْقَلِيلَةِ، ثُمَّ يَجِدُ بِهِ عَيْبًا يُرَدُّ مِنْهُ : إِنَّهُ يَرُدُّهُ بِذَلِكَ الْعَيْبِ، وَتَكُونُ لَهُ إِجَارَتُهُ وَغَلَّتُهُ، وَهَذَا الْأَمْرُ الَّذِي كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْجَمَاعَةُ بِبَلَدِنَا، وَذَلِكَ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا ابْتَاعَ عَبْدًا، فَبَنَى لَهُ دَارًا قِيمَةُ بِنَائِهَا ثَمَنُ الْعَبْدِ أَضْعَافًا، ثُمَّ وَجَدَ بِهِ عَيْبًا يُرَدُّ مِنْهُ رَدَّهُ، وَلَا يُحْسَبُ لِلْعَبْدِ عَلَيْهِ إِجَارَةٌ فِيمَا عَمِلَ لَهُ، فَكَذَلِكَ تَكُونُ لَهُ إِجَارَتُهُ إِذَا آجَرَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِهِ، لِأَنَّهُ ضَامِنٌ لَهُ، وَهَذَا الْأَمْرُ عِنْدَنَا .
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that if a slave girl is sold in exchange for two slave girls, and then a defect is found in one of the two slave girls due to which she can be returned, then first the value of the slave girl for whom these two slave girls were given will be assessed. Then, considering both of these slave girls as free from defects, their value will be assessed. Then, the price of that slave girl will be divided among the prices of these two slave girls, each one's share will be separate, the one without defect according to her share and the one with defect according to hers. Then, the defective slave girl will be returned in exchange for her share of the price, whether it is small or large. However, the value of the two slave girls will be assessed according to the day they came into the possession of the buyer.
