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Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

Chapters on Legal Cases and Rulings

Chapter on Emancipation and Its Rulings

301. hadíth

3443 - وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ قَالَ : سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَالَ لِثَلاَثَةِ مَمَالِيكَ لَهُ أَنْتُمْ أَحْرَارٌ وَ كَانَ لَهُ أَرْبَعَةٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ اَلنَّاسِ أَعْتَقْتَ مَمَالِيكَكَ قَالَ نَعَمْ أَ يَجِبُ عِتْقُ اَلْأَرْبَعَةِ حِينَ أَجْمَلَهُمْ أَوْ هُوَ لِلثَّلاَثَةِ اَلَّذِينَ أَعْتَقَ قَالَ "إِنَّمَا يَجِبُ اَلْعِتْقُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ".

Hadith.3443 - It is narrated from Sama'ah, who said: I asked him about a man who said to three of his slaves, "You are free," while he actually had four slaves. Then someone said to him: "You have freed all your slaves." He replied: "Yes." I asked: "Is the emancipation binding for all four because he generalized them, or is it limited to the three whom he specifically mentioned?" Imam (as) said: "Emancipation is binding only for those he specifically freed."

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