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bayhaqi:21642 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Yaḥyá b. Abū Ṭālib > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Sufyān al-Thawrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Najīḥ > Mujāhid

[Machine] Zaid used to say, "The scribes are slaves, nothing remains of their scribe work." Jabir ibn Abdullah used to say, "Their conditions are valid among them."

البيهقي:٢١٦٤٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أنبأ يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنبأ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَ

كَانَ زَيْدٌ يَقُولُ الْمُكَاتَبُ عَبْدٌ مَا بَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ مِنْ مُكَاتَبَتِهِ وَكَانَ جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ شُرُوطُهُمْ جَائِزَةٌ بَيْنَهُمْ

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malik:39-1 – Mālik > Nāfiʿ

Malik related to me from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar said, "A mukatab is a slave as long as any of his kitaba remains to be paid."

مالك:٣٩-١ – حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ

أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ كَانَ يَقُولُ الْمُكَاتَبُ عَبْدٌ مَا بَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ كِتَابَتِهِ شَىْءٌ