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Updated on 24 September 2026 at 12:34 AM

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Hadith text: A slave who has entered into an agreement to purchase h…

عن عمرو بن شعيب، عن أبيه، عن جده، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: «المُكَاتَبُ عَبْدٌ ما بَقِيَ عليه من مُكَاتَبَتِهِ دِرْهَمٌ».

Explanation of the hadith: A slave who has entered into an agreement to purchase h…

This Hadīth shows that the slave who has purchased his freedom is not manumitted and treated as a free person until he pays the agreed amount in its entirety. If he still owes a fraction of it, he remains a slave to whom the rules of slavery apply.

Categories : Jurisprudence of Transactions · Manumission · Jurisprudence and Juristic Principles

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