Muwatta Malik #1593
The Mukatab
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ، وَسُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ، كَانَا يَقُولاَنِ الْمُكَاتَبُ عَبْدٌ مَا بَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ كِتَابَتِهِ شَىْءٌ . قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَهُو رَأْيِي . قَالَ مَالِكٌ فَإِنْ هَلَكَ الْمُكَاتَبُ وَتَرَكَ مَالاً أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا بَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ كِتَابَتِهِ وَلَهُ وَلَدٌ وُلِدُوا فِي كِتَابَتِهِ أَوْ كَاتَبَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَرِثُوا مَا بَقِيَ مِنَ الْمَالِ بَعْدَ قَضَاءِ كِتَابَتِهِ .
Malik related to me that he had heard that Urwa ibn az-Zubayr and
Sulayman ibn Yasar said, "The mukatab is a slave as long as any of his
kitaba remains to be paid."
Malik said, "This is my opinion
as well."
Malik said, "If a mukatab dies and leaves more
property than what remains to be paid of his kitaba and he has
children who were born during the time of his kitaba or whose kitaba
has been written as well, they inherit any property that remains after
the kitaba has been paid."
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This hadith is #1593 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of The Mukatab.