If Suhayl rises at the beginning of the night,
The ibn al-labun becomes a hiqq, and the hiqq becomes a jadha'.
Thus, the times were called nujum. The basis for Kitaba is the Book (Quran), the Sunnah, and Ijma' (consensus). As for the Book, it is the saying of Allah, the Exalted: "And those who seek the contract (kitab) among those whom your right hands possess, then contract with them if you know there is goodness in them." As for the Sunnah, Sa'id narrated from Sufyan, from al-Zuhri, from Nabhan, the freedman of Umm Salama, from Umm Salama, that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "If one of you has a mukatab, and he possesses what he needs to fulfill [the contract], she must veil herself from him." And Sahl ibn Hunayf narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Whoever assists a debtor, or a warrior, or a mukatab in his kitaba, Allah will shade him on a day when there is no shade but His shade," along with many other hadiths besides these. The Ummah has reached consensus on the legitimacy of Kitaba.
Section: If a slave asks his master for a kitaba, it is recommended for him to grant it if he knows there is goodness in him, but it is not obligatory according to the manifest [position of the] madhhab. This is the opinion of the generality of scholars, including al-Hasan, al-Sha'bi, Malik, al-Thawri, al-Shafi'i, and the Ashab al-Ra'y. It is narrated from Ahmad that it is obligatory if the industrious, truthful slave requests it from his master, in which case he must grant it. This is the opinion of 'Ata', al-Dahhak, 'Amr ibn Dinar, and Dawud. Ishaq said: "I fear he would be sinful if he did not do it, though he should not be compelled to do so." The basis for this is the saying of Allah, the Exalted: "Then contract with them if you know there is goodness in them." And the manifest meaning of the command is obligation. It is narrated that Sirin, the father of Muhammad ibn Sirin, was a slave to Anas ibn Malik and asked him to contract with him, but he refused, so he informed...
(9) The hiqq among young camels: the one that has reached the age to be ridden, loaded, and to cover the she-camel. The camel is called a jadha' when it has completed four years and entered its fifth year; prior to that, it is a hiqq. (10) Surah al-Nur 33. (11) In B, M: "fa-ma ruwiya". (12) Its verification has preceded in: 9/125. (13) Omitted from: the original. (14) Reported by Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 3/487; and by al-Bayhaqi, in: Chapter on the virtue of one who assists a mukatab in his neck, from the Book of al-Mukatab, al-Sunan al-Kubra 10/320. (15) In the original: "wa-jtama'at". (16) In the original: "al-muktatib".
