Sunan An-Nasa'i - سنن النسائي
35b. The Book of Agriculture - كتاب المزارعة
49) Chapter: Tadbir (Leaving Instructions That One's Slave Be Freed After One's Death)
This is a contract written by so and so the son of so and so the son of so and so, to his Sicilian slave, the baker and cook, who is called so and so, and who at this time is in his possession and owned by him. I have arranged for your manumission following my death, seeking thereby the Face of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, and hoping for His reward. You will be free after I die, and no one will have any control over you after I die, except by way of Al-Wala' (loyalty of a freed slave to his former masters), which will be to me and my descendents after me.
So-and-so the son of So-and-so affirms all that is mentioned in this contract, without compulsion, while in good health, and in full control of his wealth, after all of that was read to him in the presence of the witnesses named therein. He affirmed in their presence that he had heard it, and understood it, and called upon Allah to bear witness to it, and Allah is sufficient as a witness, then the witnesses who were present. So-and-so the Sicilian cook, who is sound in mind and body, affirmed that everything that is stated in this contract is true and correct according to the way it is written.
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50) Chapter: Manumission
This is a contract written by so and so the son of so and so, without compulsion, while he is in good health and in full control of his wealth, in such-and-such month of such and such year, to his Byzantine slave who is called so and so, who at this time is in his possession and owned by him. I have set you free as an act of worship, seeking thereby the great reward of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, granting you complete and definite freedom with no conditions and no right to take you back. You are free for the Face of Allah, and the Hereafter, and neither I nor anyone else has any control over you, except by way of Al-Wala' (loyalty of a freed slave to his former masters), which is to me and my descandents after me.
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49) بَابُ تَدْبِيرٍ
هَذَا كِتَابٌ كَتَبَهُ فُلاَنُ بْنُ فُلاَنٍ لِفَتَاهُ الصَّقَلِّيِّ الْخَبَّازِ الطَّبَّاخِ الَّذِي يُسَمَّى فُلاَنًا وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِي مِلْكِهِ وَيَدِهِ إِنِّي دَبَّرْتُكَ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَرَجَاءِ ثَوَابِهِ فَأَنْتَ حُرٌّ بَعْدَ مَوْتِي لاَ سَبِيلَ لأَحَدٍ عَلَيْكَ بَعْدَ وَفَاتِي إِلاَّ سَبِيلَ الْوَلاَءِ فَإِنَّهُ لِي وَلِعَقِبِي مِنْ بَعْدِي أَقَرَّ فُلاَنُ بْنُ فُلاَنٍ بِجَمِيعِ مَا فِي هَذَا الْكِتَابِ طَوْعًا فِي صِحَّةٍ مِنْهُ وَجَوَازِ أَمْرٍ مِنْهُ بَعْدَ أَنْ قُرِئَ ذَلِكَ كُلُّهُ عَلَيْهِ بِمَحْضَرٍ مِنَ الشُّهُودِ الْمُسَمِّينَ فِيهِ فَأَقَرَّ عِنْدَهُمْ أَنَّهُ قَدْ سَمِعَهُ وَفَهِمَهُ وَعَرَفَهُ وَأَشْهَدَ اللَّهَ عَلَيْهِ وَكَفَى بِاللَّهِ شَهِيدًا ثُمَّ مَنْ حَضَرَهُ مِنَ الشُّهُودِ عَلَيْهِ أَقَرَّ فُلاَنٌ الصَّقَلِّيُّ الطَّبَّاخُ فِي صِحَّةٍ مِنْ عَقْلِهِ وَبَدَنِهِ أَنَّ جَمِيعَ مَا فِي هَذَا الْكِتَابِ حَقٌّ عَلَى مَا سُمِّيَ وَوُصِفَ فِيهِ.
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50) بَابُ عِتْقٍ
هَذَا كِتَابٌ كَتَبَهُ فُلاَنُ بْنُ فُلاَنٍ طَوْعًا فِي صِحَّةٍ مِنْهُ وَجَوَازِ أَمْرٍ وَذَلِكَ فِي شَهْرِ كَذَا مِنْ سَنَةِ كَذَا لِفَتَاهُ الرُّومِيِّ الَّذِي يُسَمَّى فُلاَنًا وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِي مِلْكِهِ وَيَدِهِ إِنِّي أَعْتَقْتُكَ تَقَرُّبًا إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَابْتِغَاءً لِجَزِيلِ ثَوَابِهِ عِتْقًا بَتًّا لاَ مَثْنَوِيَّةَ فِيهِ وَلاَ رَجْعَةَ لِي عَلَيْكَ فَأَنْتَ حُرٌّ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ وَالدَّارِ الآخِرَةِ لاَ سَبِيلَ لِي وَلاَ لأَحَدٍ عَلَيْكَ إِلاَّ الْوَلاَءَ فَإِنَّهُ لِي وَلِعَصَبَتِي مِنْ بَعْدِي.
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