What is the meaning of al-sa'iyyah and al-saraya?

Question : You have al-sa'iyyah, which is the dispensation for a slave whose master has freed part of him, allowing him to work.

Answer : To say that if he is freed, or if he is freed, he should work for the zakah of what remains of his earnings, this is a mistake; this is not correct. Al-sa'iyyah is when some of the partners in a slave free him, and this is a calamity, and the other partner has no means to pay the remaining price, and he has no means to pay the rest of the price; this is al-sa'iyyah. As for when a person frees a part of his owned slave, it extends to the rest; this is al-saraya.