English translation
1260. ‘Amr bin Shu‘aib narrated from his father, from his grandfather that he heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ delivering a Khutbah in which he said: “Whoever gives a writ of emancipation to his slave, for one hundred Uqiyah, and he pays it to him less ten Uqiyah,” – or he said: “Ten Dirham” – “then he becomes incapable (of paying the remainder), then he remains a slave.” (Ḥasan) [Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is [Ḥasan] Gharīb. And this is acted upon according to most of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others: The Mukātab is a slave as long as something remains due from him for his Kitābah. Al-Hajjāj bin Arṭāt reported similarly from 'Amr bin Shu'āib.