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Hadith 348
slavery-captives
3562 - وَ رَوَى مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ : سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَبِيعُ عَبْدَهُ بِنُقْصَانٍ مِنْ ثَمَنِهِ لِيُعْتَقَ فَقَالَ لَهُ اَلْعَبْدُ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَكَ عَلَيَّ كَذَا وَ كَذَا أَ لَهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَهُ مِنْهُ قَالَ "يَأْخُذُهُ مِنْهُ عَفْواً وَ يَسْأَلُهُ إِيَّاهُ فِي عَفْوٍ فَإِنْ أَبَى فَلْيَدَعْهُ".
Hadith.3562 - Muawiyah ibn Maytharah narrated from Abu Abdullah (as): I asked him about a man who sells his slave at a reduced price so that he may be freed, and the slave says to him in private, "I will give you such-and-such amount." Is it permissible for the man to take it from him? Imam (as) replied: "He may take it from him willingly and ask him for it politely. But if the slave refuses, then let him leave it."
Source: Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq