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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Questions regarding the manumission contract of a slave?

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And in this verse is evidence, yes, that the command is for obligation. The correct view is that the command is for obligation.
The student: ...?

The Shaykh : What is obligatory if one does not know that there is good in it? What is obligatory?
The student: ...

The Shaykh : Naturally, it is not obligatory, because Allah did not make it obligatory except when we know the good. The opposite of that is that we know there is evil in it, or that we do not know whether there is good or evil. But if we know there is evil in it, the manumission contract is forbidden. And if we do not know, neither this nor that, then it is a place of permissibility.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : No, this is left to him, except if we know that reality contradicts it. If we know from this slave that he is righteous, always prays, is trustworthy among people, and knows how to earn, this is naturally not accepted from his claim, because the default is left to his trustworthiness.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : With whom?
The student: ...

The Shaykh : He has nothing for his master, and likewise the female slave.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : If she requests the manumission contract and she has no earnings, do not contract with her, and the manumission contract is not obligatory upon you.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : No, if he frees her and she has relatives, they are her guardians. And if she has no relatives, he is her guardian.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : He marries her, for example, if she wants to get married. If there is no one qualified for that, her guardian is the judge.
Source alathar.net

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