Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3938
Arabic hadith text
أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، فِي عَبْدَيْنِ مُتَفَاوِضَيْنِ كَاتَبَ أَحَدُهُمَا قَالَ جَائِزٌ إِذَا كَانَا مُتَفَاوِضَيْنِ يَقْضِي أَحَدُهُمَا عَنِ الآخَرِ.
Translation
ʿAli ibn Hujr reported to us: Ibn al-Mubarak informed us, from Yunus, from al-Zuhri, concerning two slaves in an equal partnership, one of whom entered into a contract of manumission. He said: ‘That is permissible if they are equal partners; either one may pay on behalf of the other.’
Translation notes
Mukataba is a contract by which an enslaved person seeks manumission in exchange for payment.