71. Contracts
٧١۔ كِتَابُ الْمُكَاتَبِ
[Machine] "That Ibn Umar wrote him letters and paid nine hundred (dinars), and one hundred (dinars) were left. So he returned it in the envelope."
أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ كَاتَبَ مُكَاتَبًا لَهُ فَأَدَّى تِسْعَمِائَةٍ وَبَقِيَتْ مِائَةُ دِينَارٍ فَعَجِزَ فَرَدَّهُ فِي الرِّقِّ
[Machine] That (someone) had a debt that he couldn't pay, so he returned (it) as a slave and kept what he had taken from him.
أَنَّ مُكَاتَبًا لَهُ عَجِزَ فَرَدَّهُ مَمْلُوكًا وَأَمْسَكَ مَا أَخَذَ مِنْهُ
فَأَعْتَقَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ ابْنَهُ بَعْدُ
[Machine] So he brought them to him and returned them to enslavement. After that, he either freed them on a specific day or after three days.
فَأَتَاهُ بِهِمْ فَرَدَّهُمْ فِي الرِّقِّ فَلَّمَّا كَانَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ إِمَّا بِيَوْمٍ وَإِمَّا بِثَلَاثَةٍ أَعْتَقَهُمْ
[Machine] It is said that he had a honorable status of forty thousand. He went to Kufa and worked with his slaves until he freed fifteen thousand of them. Then a man came to him and said, "Are you crazy? You torture yourself here while Abdullah ibn Umar buys slaves with his right and left hands and then frees them. Go back to him and tell him that you have failed." So, the man came to him with his document and said, "O Abu Abdur Rahman, I have failed and this is my document, erase it." He replied, "No, but you erase it if you want." So, he erased it and Abdullah ibn Umar's eyes filled with tears. He said, "Go, you are free." The man said, "May Allah rectify you, be kind to my son." He said, "They are free." The man said, "May Allah rectify you, be kind to my mother and my children." He said, "They are also free." So, he freed all five of them in one place.
يُقَالُ لَهُ شَرَفٌ بِأَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفًا فَخَرَجَ إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ فَكَانَ يَعْمَلُ عَلَى حُمُرٍ لَهُ حَتَّى أَدَّى خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفًا فَجَاءَهُ إِنْسَانٌ فَقَالَ مَجْنُونٌ أَنْتَ؟ أَنْتَ هَاهُنَا تُعَذِّبُ نَفْسَكَ وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ يَشْتَرِي الرَّقِيقَ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا ثُمَّ يُعْتِقُهُمْ ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْ لَهُ قَدْ عَجِزْتُ فَجَاءَ إِلَيْهِ بِصَحِيفَتِهِ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَدْ عَجِزْتُ وَهَذِهِ صَحِيفَتِي فَامْحُهَا فَقَالَ لَا وَلَكِنْ امْحُهَا إِنْ شِئْتَ فَمَحَاهَا فَفَاضَتْ عَيْنَا عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ اذْهَبْ فَأَنْتَ حُرٌّ قَالَ أَصْلَحَكَ اللهُ أَحْسِنْ إِلَى ابْنِيَّ قَالَ هُمَا حُرَّانِ قَالَ أَصْلَحَكَ اللهُ أَحْسِنْ إِلَى أُمَّيْ وَوَلَدِيَّ قَالَ هُمَا حُرَّتَانِ فَأَعْتَقَهُمْ خَمْسَتَهُمْ جَمِيعًا فِي مَقْعَدٍ
[Machine] To free his son, who was born from his slave, so he freed him and also freed his son, and he returned to him 1500 dirhams.
أَنْ يُعْتِقَ وَلَدَهُ وَكَانُوا وُلِدُوا مِنْ مُكَاتَبَتِهِ فَأَعْتَقَهُ وَأَعْتَقَ وَلَدَهُ وَرَدَّ إِلَيْهِ أَلْفًا وَخَمْسَمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ
[Machine] His master has the right to impose the condition that he has stipulated.
سَيِّدُهُ أَحَقُّ بِشَرْطِهِ الَّذِي شَرَطَ
[Machine] They have what they took from it, meaning if they do not complete the ransom, then what they took belongs to them.
لَهُمْ مَا أَخَذُوا مِنْهُ يَعْنِي إِذَا لَمْ يُكْمِلْ فَرُدَّ فِي الرِّقِّ فَمَا أَخَذَ فَلَهُ
[Machine] If two stars appear consecutively on the desks and their light is not reflected in the paper, and he said in another place, he entered the second year or he said in the third year
إِذَا تَتَابَعَ عَلَى الْمُكَاتَبِ نَجْمَانِ فَلَمْ يُؤَدِّ نُجُومَهُ رُدَّ فِي الرِّقِّ وَقَالَ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ فَدَخَلَ فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ أَوْ قَالَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ
[Machine] If the offices are unable to find a solution, the matter should be brought to the attention of the authorities. If they comply, that is sufficient; otherwise, the narration from Ali is weak and the narration from Khalas is not valid according to the people of hadith. If it is valid, it can be attributed to the accepted manner from the perspective of the authority. If there is no response, only Allah knows the best course of action.
إِذَا عَجِزَ الْمُكَاتَبُ اسْتَسْعَى حَوْلَيْنِ فَإِنْ أَدَّى وَإِلَّا رُدَّ فِي الرِّقِّ الْإِسْنَادُ الْأَوَّلُ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ ضَعِيفٌ وَرِوَايَةُ خِلَاسٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ لَا تَصِحُّ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْحَدِيثِ فَإِنْ صَحَّتْ فَهِيَ مَحْمُولَةٌ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْمَعْرُوفِ مِنْ جِهَةِ السَّيِّدِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَظِرْ رُدَّ فِي الرِّقِّ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ
[Machine] I witnessed a segment that responded to a failed correspondence in slavery.
شَهِدْتُ شُرَيْحًا رَدَّ مُكَاتَبًا عَجَزَ فِي الرِّقِّ