Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Ibrahim informed us; Abu Nasr al-Iraqi told us; Sufyan bin Muhammad al-Jawhari narrated to us; Ali bin al-Hasan narrated to us; Abdullah bin al-Walid narrated to us; Sufyan narrated to us from Tariq bin Abd al-Rahman, who said: I heard al-Sha'bi say that Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: "The mukatab remains a slave as long as one dirham remains due from him." [Da'if]
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب المكاتب / 21658