What is the legal status of freeing a non-heir relative during a terminal illness?

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If a sick person possesses someone who is not among those they cannot legally free (like a paternal cousin), and frees them during their illness, this emancipation is considered a valid bequest limited to one-third (Thuluth) of the estate. This is established by the precedent where the Prophet (peace be upon him) drew lots among the slaves freed by their owner upon death when the owner had no other property, thus validating their emancipation from the one-third limit. Consequently, the freed person must be accounted for within the one-third. If their emancipation is covered by the one-third, they are freed but do not inherit. This ruling is supported by Abu Al-Khattab regarding a sick person who acknowledged freeing his cousin during his illness, even if the release occurred during health; he is freed but does not inherit.