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Summary
Malik said: if they are young and cannot bear to work, one does not wait for them to grow up, and they remain slaves to their father's master, unless the contract slave left what would pay their instalments on their behalf until they undertake to work; if they pay, they are freed, and if they become unable, they are enslaved. 1
Place in the museum
Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of the Contract of Manumission (mukatab). Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Malik ibn Anas. Built on in the chapters on contract of manumission (mukatab).
Connections
- Part of
- Muwatta, Book of the contract manumission (mukatab)
- Mentions
- Malik ibn Anas
- Basis for
- contractual manumission (kitaba, mukatab)
People and things also explored
Muwatta 2283· Muwatta 2284· Muwatta 2285· Muwatta 2286· Muwatta 2287· Muwatta 2288· Muwatta 2289· Muwatta 2290
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf) , p.357
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islam.museum contributors. “Muwatta 2320”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/muwatta-25-2320/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.