1814 - Issue: He said: "And a mukatab (slave with a contract of manumission) who has paid something from his contract does not suffice." There are three narrations narrated from Ahmad, may God have mercy on him, regarding the mukatab. One of them is that he suffices absolutely. This was chosen by Abu Bakr and is the school of Abu Thawr, because the mukatab is a slave whose sale is permissible, so his emancipation suffices, like the mudabbar (slave whose freedom is contingent upon the master's death), and because he is a 'neck' (slave), so he falls under the absolute general term of His, Glorified be He, saying: "Then the setting free of a neck." The second is that he does not suffice absolutely. This is the view of Malik, al-Shafi'i, and Abu Ubayd, because his emancipation is due by another cause, and for this reason he does not possess the right to void his contract, so he resembles the umm al-walad. The third is that if he has paid anything from his contract, he does not suffice him, and if not, he suffices him. This is what al-Layth, al-Awza'i, Ishaq, and the jurists (Ashab al-Ra'y) said. The Qadi said: It is the correct view, because if he has paid something, compensation has been obtained for a part of him, so it does not suffice, just as if he emancipated a part of a neck. And if he has not paid, then he has emancipated a complete, believing neck, sound of body, with complete ownership, for which no compensation has been obtained for any part of it, so its emancipation suffices, like the mudabbar. If he emancipated a slave in exchange for wealth that he takes from the slave, it does not suffice for his expiation, according to them all.

1815 - Issue: He said: "And the mudabbar suffices." This is the view of Tawus, al-Shafi'i, Abu Thawr, and Ibn al-Mundhir. Malik, al-Awza'i, Abu Ubayd, and the jurists said: He does not suffice, because his emancipation is due by another cause, so he resembles the umm al-walad, and because his sale according to them is not permissible, so he resembles the umm al-walad. Our argument is the saying of God the Almighty: "Then the setting free of a neck." And he has indeed set free a neck. And because he is a slave with complete usufruct whose sale is permissible, and no compensation has been obtained for any part of him, so his emancipation is permissible, like the qinn (ordinary slave). And the evidence for the permissibility of his sale is that the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, sold...