If a slave is granted a contract of manumission, to whom does his loyalty belong?
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The Shaykh : Yes, he says: If a slave is granted a contract of manumission, to whom does his loyalty belong? His loyalty belongs to the one who freed him, based on the explicit text of the hadith.
The questioner : ... they freed him
The Shaykh : But what if he buys his own freedom from his master?
The questioner : He sold himself.
The Shaykh : If he sold himself, it belongs to him. The generality ofSahih al-Bukhari 6752 is general.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : It belongs to the one who granted him the contract. The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) differed regarding a slave freed with zakat, and freeing slaves with zakat is permissible. To whom does his loyalty belong? The school of thought (madhhab) holds that his loyalty belongs to the one who freed him, even if it is with zakat. The second opinion is that it does not belong to the one who freed him, but rather to the people of zakat, meaning it is added to the zakat collected by the Imam. Some scholars say that it is spent from the public treasury (Bayt al-Mal), and the public treasury is broader than zakat. Yes, Salim.
The questioner : May Allah forgive you, O Shaykh ... in the same mosque ... some of the people, when they stand up ... but people do it
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I do not know, O Shaykh, whether it has an effect or not?
The questioner : ... they freed him
The Shaykh : But what if he buys his own freedom from his master?
The questioner : He sold himself.
The Shaykh : If he sold himself, it belongs to him. The generality of
The Wala' is for the manumitted (of the slave).
إنّما الولاء لمن أعتقThe questioner : ...
The Shaykh : It belongs to the one who granted him the contract. The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) differed regarding a slave freed with zakat, and freeing slaves with zakat is permissible. To whom does his loyalty belong? The school of thought (madhhab) holds that his loyalty belongs to the one who freed him, even if it is with zakat. The second opinion is that it does not belong to the one who freed him, but rather to the people of zakat, meaning it is added to the zakat collected by the Imam. Some scholars say that it is spent from the public treasury (Bayt al-Mal), and the public treasury is broader than zakat. Yes, Salim.
The questioner : May Allah forgive you, O Shaykh ... in the same mosque ... some of the people, when they stand up ... but people do it
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I do not know, O Shaykh, whether it has an effect or not?