compensation. This is the opinion of Abu Hanifah, Malik, and al-Awza'i. We have already mentioned this in what has preceded. As for if he is capable of paying all the wealth, there is another narration that he becomes free upon owning what he pays. This has already been mentioned.

Section: If the installment is due and the mukatab is absent without his master's permission, the master has the right to annul [the contract]. If he traveled with his permission, he does not have the right to annul it, because he gave permission for the travel that prevents the payment. However, he refers his matter to the judge, [and proves before him the maturity of the kitaba wealth, so that the judge may write to the mukatab, informing him of what was proven before him. If he is unable to pay the wealth, he writes to the judge] of the city [where the mukatab is] to grant the master the right to annul the kitaba. If he is capable of payment, he demands that he depart to the city where the master is to pay the kitaba wealth, or to appoint an agent who will do that. If he does so at the first opportunity—upon the departure of the caravan, if he cannot depart except with it—annulment is not permissible. If he delays it beyond the time of opportunity, and the time of travel passes, the master's option to annul is established. If [the master appoints someone in the mukatab's city to receive the kitaba wealth from him, he is obligated to pay it to him. If he refuses to pay, the master's option to annul is established]. If he has granted the agent the right to annul upon the mukatab's refusal to pay him, it is valid, and he may annul it once his agency is proven by evidence, such that the mukatab is secure from the master denying his agency. If that is not proven, the mukatab is not obligated to pay him, and he has a valid excuse that prevents the permissibility of annulment, for he is not secure from handing it over only for the master to deny the agency and then demand the wealth from the mukatab again, whether he confirms him in being an agent or denies it. If the judge of the city where the master is writes to the judge of the city where the mukatab is to collect the wealth from him, he is not obligated to do so, because this is an agency that the judge is not required to enter into, for the judge is not tasked with collecting [wealth] for an adult of sound mind. If he chooses to collect it, he acts in the capacity of an agent, and whenever he collects the wealth from him, he becomes free.

Section: If he pays the compensation for the kitaba and it turns out to be rightfully claimed [by another], it becomes clear that he did not become free, and this