does not attach to what is in the debtor's hand; rather, it attaches only to his liability. The master’s right, however, attaches to what is in the possession of the mukatab (the slave under a contract of manumission), so he does not pay anything from it to either of them without the other’s right being established therein. Once this is established, if he seeks recourse against the slave for fifty, the partner’s ownership of him is settled based on what he took, and the slave does not seek recourse against him for anything, because he only received his [the partner's] due. If he seeks recourse against the partner, he seeks recourse for twenty-five, and against the slave for twenty-five, and neither of them seeks recourse against the other for what was taken from him, for the reason we mentioned before. If the slave is unable to perform what is sought from him, [the master] has the right to declare his inability and reduce him to servitude; he would then be half-free and half-servile. He [the master] seeks recourse against the partner for half of what he took, and the freedom does not spread (sariyya) to the rest of him, because the partner and the slave believe that freedom is established in his entirety, and that this denier is a usurper of this half he enslaved and is oppressive in his enslavement. The denier claims the servitude of the slave in his entirety and does not acknowledge the freedom of any part of him, for he claims, 'I did not receive my share of his mukataba, and if my partner received anything, he received something of which he deserved half without my permission,' so no part of him becomes free through this receipt. The spreading of emancipation is precluded based on both views, because the spreading of emancipation only occurs when a part of him becomes free and a part of him remains servile, while they are all in agreement contrary to that. This is the explicit text of al-Shafi'i, may Allah be pleased with him.

Section: If the slave claims that he paid the one hundred to one of them so that he could pay his partner his due and take the remainder, and the one against whom the claim is made denies it, he swears an oath and is absolved. If he says, 'You only paid me my due and to my partner his due,' and there is no evidence for the slave, the word is that of the one against whom the claim is made, regarding the fact that he did not receive anything other than the amount of his due, along with his oath. There is no dispute between the slave and the other partner because he [the slave] did not make a claim against him. He [the other partner] has the right to demand from the slave the entirety of his due, or he has the right to demand half of it and demand from the receiver half of what he received. If he chooses to demand from...