If a mukatab is sold, does he become free?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A mukatab is sold; does this sale make him free? Okay. He says: May Allah reward you. A mukatab is sold; does this sale make him free?
Answer:
The mukatab is a slave as long as he has not paid off the debt of his contract. As long as he has not discharged the debt of the contract, he is the property of his master, and the master has the right to sell him. Also, the contract of mukatabah, as you have heard and as has been repeated, is not a binding contract; it is a permissible contract that either party may annul. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A mukatab is sold; does this sale make him free? Okay. He says: May Allah reward you. A mukatab is sold; does this sale make him free?
Answer:
The mukatab is a slave as long as he has not paid off the debt of his contract. As long as he has not discharged the debt of the contract, he is the property of his master, and the master has the right to sell him. Also, the contract of mukatabah, as you have heard and as has been repeated, is not a binding contract; it is a permissible contract that either party may annul. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2190 -3022] إذا بيع المكاتب هل يصير حرا؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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