And their oaths are regarding the denial of knowledge; because the dispute concerns the action of the one they inherited from, and their oaths are regarding the denial of his action. The oath is obligatory upon every one of the heirs, and whoever refuses [to swear], his share is emancipated, and it does not extend to the rest of his [the slave's] portion. Likewise, if he acknowledges; because his emancipation is by the action of the one inherited from, not by the action of the one who acknowledges, nor the one who refuses.

1975 - Issue: He said: (And when he performs tadbir for his slave, and dies, and he has absent property, or a debt owed by a solvent or insolvent person, a third of the tadbir slave is emancipated. Whenever anything is collected from his debt, or anything from his absent property arrives, an amount of a third [of the slave] is emancipated likewise, until [all of him is emancipated from the third].)

The gist of this is that if the master performs tadbir for his slave, and dies, and he has property other than him that would suffice for two-thirds of his wealth, but it is absent or a debt owed by a person, the entire slave is not emancipated; due to the possibility that the absent property might be destroyed, or the collection of the debt might be hindered, in which case the slave would be the entire estate. He is a partner to the heirs in it, he has a third of it, and they have two-thirds of it, so it is not permissible for him to acquire the entirety of it. However, the emancipation of his third is expedited, and his two-thirds remain suspended; because his third is free in any case; as the worst of cases is that nothing is obtained from the rest of the property, so the slave would be the entire estate, and his third would be emancipated, just as if he had no property other than him. [Whenever anything is collected] from the debt, or anything from the absent property arrives, an amount of a third of the tadbir slave is emancipated. So if his value is one hundred, and one hundred arrives from the absent property, his second third is emancipated. When another hundred arrives, his remaining third is emancipated. And if any debt remains for him after that, or absent property, its remaining does not affect anything; because what is obtained from the property removes the entire tadbir slave from [the liability of] his third.