Muwatta' Malik 31-2

Translation

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "If a slave who has wealth is sold, that wealth belongs to the seller unless the buyer stipulates its inclusion." Malik said, "The generally agreed upon way of doing things among us is that if the buyer stipulates the inclusion of the slave's property whether it be cash, debts, or goods of known or unknown value, then they belong to the buyer, even if the slave possesses more than that for which he was purchased, whether he was bought for cash, as payment for a debt, or in exchange for goods. This is possible because a master is not asked to pay zakat on his slave's property. If a slave has a slave-girl, it is halal for him to have intercourse with her by his right of possession. If a slave is freed or put under contract (kitaba) to purchase his freedom, then his property goes with him. If he becomes bankrupt, his creditors take his property and his master is not liable for any of his debts."

Notes

• قالَ مالِكٌ: «الأمْرُ المُجْتَمَعُ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَنا، أنَّ المُبْتاعَ إنِ اشْتَرَطَ مالَ العَبْدِ فَهُوَ لَهُ نَقْدًا كانَ أوْ دَيْنًا، أوْ عَرْضًا يُعْلَمُ أوْ لا يُعْلَمُ، وإنْ كانَ لِلْعَبْدِ مِنَ المالِ أكْثَرُ مِمّا اشْتَرى بِهِ، كانَ ثَمَنُهُ نَقْدًا أوْ دَيْنًا أوْ عَرْضًا، وذَلِكَ أنَّ مالَ العَبْدِ لَيْسَ عَلى سَيِّدِهِ فِيهِ زَكاةٌ، وإنْ كانَتْ لِلْعَبْدِ -[٦١٢]- جارِيَةٌ اسْتَحَلَّ فَرْجَها، بِمِلْكِهِ إيّاها، وإنْ عَتَقَ العَبْدُ أوْ كاتَبَ تَبِعَهُ مالُهُ، وإنْ أفْلَسَ أخَذَ الغُرَماءُ مالَهُ، ولَمْ يُتَّبَعْ سَيِّدُهُ بِشَيْءٍ مِن دَيْنِهِ»

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What scholars said about it

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• ʿAlī al-Madīnī

  مال علي بن المديني إلى تصحيح رواية سالم

  in موطأ مالك, p. 1210
• Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr

  ولا يصح ذلك عند أهل العلم بالحديث وإنما هو لنافع عن ابن عمر عن عمر قوله كذلك رواه الحفاظ من أصحاب نافع منهم مالك وعبيد الله بن عمر

  in موطأ مالك, p. 1210
• Shafiʿī

  هذا الحديث ثابت عندنا وبه نأخذ

  machine translationThis hadith is established with us, and we adopt it. Report a problem

  in موطأ مالك, p. 1210
• Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr

  هو أحد الأحاديث الأربعة التي اختلف فيها سالم ونافع فرفعها سالم ووقفها نافع

  in موطأ مالك, p. 1210

Other narrations of this report

Sahih al-Bukhari 2379al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11728al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4971al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4975Musnad Abi Ya'la 5510

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

   Commander of the Faithful (amīr al-muʾminīn), well-known, of abundant virtues (jamm al-manāqib)d. 23 AH, also said: 24 AH
   عُمَر بْن الْخَطَّابأمير المؤمنين مشهور جم المناقب
   أن
2. 2
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

   One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AH
   عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثر
   عن
3. 3
   Nāfiʿ mawlá Ibn ʿUmar

   trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), a well-known jurist (faqīh)d. 116 AH, or 117 AH, or 118 AH, or 119 AH, or 120 AH
   نَافِعٍثقة ثبت فقيه مشهور
   عن
4. 4
   Mālik b. Anas

   The jurist (al-faqīh), the Imam of the Abode of Migration (Imām Dār al-Hijrah), the head of the proficient masters, and the foremost among the meticulous.d. 178 AH, or 179 AH
   مَالِكٌالفقيه ، إمام دار الهجرة ، رأس المتقنين ، وكبير المتثبتين

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