موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب المكاتبBook: On the Explanation of Mukatib (Contracted Slave)
بَابُ مِيرَاثِ الْمُكَاتَبِ إِذَا عَتَقَ
Inheritance of the Mukatab if he is freed
Hadith 1299
حَدَّثَنِي مَالِك أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ، أَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ سُئِلَ عَنْ مُكَاتَبٍ كَانَ بَيْنَ رَجُلَيْنِ، فَأَعْتَقَ أَحَدُهُمَا نَصِيبَهُ، فَمَاتَ الْمُكَاتَبُ وَتَرَكَ مَالًا كَثِيرًا، فَقَالَ : " يُؤَدَّى إِلَى الَّذِي تَمَاسَكَ بِكِتَابَتِهِ الَّذِي بَقِيَ لَهُ، ثُمَّ يَقْتَسِمَانِ مَا بَقِيَ بِالسَّوِيَّةِ " .
Hazrat Saeed bin Musayyib was asked: If a mukatab (contracted slave) is shared between two men, and one of them frees his share, then the mukatab dies and leaves behind a lot of wealth, what is the ruling? Saeed said: The one who did not free (his share) will take the compensation for his share of the contract, and whatever remains after that will be divided between the two men.
Hadith 1299B1
قَالَ مَالِك : إِذَا كَاتَبَ الْمُكَاتَبُ فَعَتَقَ، فَإِنَّمَا يَرِثُهُ أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِمَنْ كَاتَبَهُ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ يَوْمَ تُوُفِّيَ الْمُكَاتَبُ مِنْ وَلَدٍ، أَوْ عَصَبَةٍ ¤
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that when a mukatab becomes free, his heir will be the person who made him a mukatab, or the closest male relative among the mukatab's relatives on the day the mukatab dies, whether it is a son or another 'asaba (male agnate).
Hadith 1299B2
قَالَ : وَهَذَا أَيْضًا فِي كُلِّ مَنْ أُعْتِقَ، فَإِنَّمَا مِيرَاثُهُ لِأَقْرَبِ النَّاسِ مِمَّنْ أَعْتَقَهُ مِنْ وَلَدٍ أَوْ عَصَبَةٍ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ يَوْمَ يَمُوتُ الْمُعْتَقُ، بَعْدَ أَنْ يَعْتِقَ وَيَصِيرَ مَوْرُوثًا بِالْوَلَاءِ . ¤
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that in this way, if a person is set free, then his inheritance will go to the closest relative of the one who set him free, whether it is a son or any other male agnate, on the day that the slave died.
Hadith 1299B3
قَالَ مَالِك : الْإِخْوَةُ فِي الْكِتَابَةِ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْوَلَدِ، إِذَا كُوتِبُوا جَمِيعًا كِتَابَةً وَاحِدَةً إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لِأَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ وَلَدٌ كَاتَبَ عَلَيْهِمْ، أَوْ وُلِدُوا فِي كِتَابَتِهِ أَوْ كَاتَبَ عَلَيْهِمْ، ثُمَّ هَلَكَ أَحَدُهُمْ وَتَرَكَ مَالًا أُدِّيَ عَنْهُمْ جَمِيعُ مَا عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ كِتَابَتِهِمْ وَعَتَقُوا، وَكَانَ فَضْلُ الْمَالِ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ لِوَلَدِهِ دُونَ إِخْوَتِهِ ¤
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that if several brothers are collectively made mukatab, and they have no children who were born during the period of the contract of mukatabah, or who entered into the contract of mukatabah, then those brothers will inherit from one another. If any of them has a son who was born during the period of the contract of mukatabah, or upon whom the contract of mukatabah was enacted and he dies, then first, from his wealth, the total amount of the contract of mukatabah will be paid, and whatever remains will go to his children, not to his brothers.
