What is the legal status regarding marriage and divorce for an Abdu Al-Mudabbir (a slave designated for manumission upon the master's death)?

Chapter on Divorce by Calculation

Al-Mughni

Book of Divorce

Book 39 · Issue 2 · Bab 3

Open in Qurani

Primary text

The Mudabbir is treated legally like a fully enslaved or chattel slave (*abd qin*) concerning his marriage and divorce pronouncements. This is because the ruling of slavery remains fixed upon him.