What happens to the right to the deferred dower if a master delegates the dower for his female slave, then emancipates or sells her, and a dower is subsequently stipulated?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Dowry (Mahr)

Book 36 · Issue 2 · Bab 1

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If a man delegates the dower for his female slave, and subsequently emancipates or sells her, and then a dower is stipulated for her, the right to that dower belongs to her emancipator or seller because the dower became obligatory upon the contract while she was under his ownership.