[Machine] Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib and Abu Salamah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman said regarding a man who writes to his slave and then dies, leaving behind male and female children: the responsibility of correspondence falls on the males, not the females. Ibn Shihab used to say this.
عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ وَأَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَا فِي الرَّجُلِ يُكَاتِبُ مَمْلُوكَهُ ثُمَّ يَمُوتُ وَيَتْرُكُ بَنِينَ رِجَالًا وَنِسَاءً فَيؤَدِّي الْمُكَاتَبُ إِلَيْهِمْ كِتَابَتَهُ قَالَا الْوَلَاءُ لِلرِّجَالِ دُونَ النِّسَاءِ وَكَانَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ