The Book of Manumission of Slaves

كتاب العتق

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Regarding One Who Manumits Slaves Of His That Exceed One Third Of His Property

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Hadith 4

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ENGLISH

Qatadah narrated with his chain of narrators:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If a man emancipates a slave shared by him with another man, his emancipation rests with him (who emancipated his share). This is the version of Ibn Suwaid.

ARABIC

‏ مَنْ أَعْتَقَ مَمْلُوكًا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ آخَرَ فَعَلَيْهِ خَلاَصُهُ ‏