Legal ruling when a person bequeaths the 'neck' (*Raqabah*) of his slave.

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Bequeathing the 'neck' of the slave constitutes *Tadbir* (a declaration that the slave is manumitted upon the master's death) and the slave is manumitted if the bequest value is covered by the one-third limit. This is the view held by Malik and the *Ashab al-Ra'y*. The legal basis is that the testator bequeathed something he does not perpetually own, which is valid, analogous to bequeathing one's father. The intent behind bequeathing the neck is understood as manumission after death, as the testator knows he does not permanently own the neck.