What is the ruling if a person frees part of a slave? Does the Shari'ah consider him entirely free?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner asks: What is the ruling if a person frees part of a slave? Does the Shari'ah consider him entirely free?
Answer:
Yes, because the Shari'ah strives for the freeing of slaves, so it extends to the rest of him. If the one who freed part of him has money, he pays the value of the partners' shares and frees him, becoming his guardian. If he has no money, then part of the slave is freed, and he becomes a partially free slave. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner asks: What is the ruling if a person frees part of a slave? Does the Shari'ah consider him entirely free?
Answer:
Yes, because the Shari'ah strives for the freeing of slaves, so it extends to the rest of him. If the one who freed part of him has money, he pays the value of the partners' shares and frees him, becoming his guardian. If he has no money, then part of the slave is freed, and he becomes a partially free slave. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2192 -3022] كيف يكون إذا أعتق بعض القن، سار الشارع على عتقه كله؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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