Is the mukatab the one who seeks to earn his freedom?
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The questioner:
We ask Allah to do you good, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is the slave who seeks to earn a living seeking to earn his freedom? He asks: Is the slave who seeks to earn a living in order to free himself the mukatab who is given from the zakah?
The Shaykh:
No, the mukatab is the one whose master sold him to himself for a sum of money that he pays, and then he is freed. This is not the mukatab.
The questioner:
I ask Allah for you, Your Eminence, f…
The Shaykh:
This is freeing part of him, and he is trying to free the rest. He is not this mukatab. This one who is partially freed is called, yes.
We ask Allah to do you good, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is the slave who seeks to earn a living seeking to earn his freedom? He asks: Is the slave who seeks to earn a living in order to free himself the mukatab who is given from the zakah?
The Shaykh:
No, the mukatab is the one whose master sold him to himself for a sum of money that he pays, and then he is freed. This is not the mukatab.
The questioner:
I ask Allah for you, Your Eminence, f…
The Shaykh:
This is freeing part of him, and he is trying to free the rest. He is not this mukatab. This one who is partially freed is called, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل المكاتب هو الذي يستسعى لكي يعتق نفسه؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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