What is the liability regarding the return of a pledged slave if divorce occurs before consummation and before the slave is returned?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Dowry (Mahr)

Book 36 · Issue 4 · Bab 1

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If a man stipulated the return of a slave from a specific location as part of the dower, and he divorces her before consummation and before the slave is physically returned, he owes her half the fee associated with the slave's return, as rendering half the return is impossible.