[Machine] He divorced his wife in the time of Uthman and reduced her status to that of a slave. From Ibn Mubarak, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas, he said: "The mukatabah (contractual manumission) is not established for anyone except for the limits of a slave."
طَلَّقَ مُكَاتَبٌ امْرَأَتَهُ عَلَى عَهْدِ عُثْمَانَ ؓ فَأَنْزَلَهُ مَنْزِلَةَ الْعَبْدِ وَعَنِ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ لَا يُقَامُ عَلَى الْمُكَاتَبِ إِلَّا حَدُّ الْعَبْدِ