What is the ruling on freeing a part of a slave owned entirely by the emancipator?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Expiations

Book 60 · Issue 1 · Bab 1

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If a slave is entirely owned by the emancipator, and the emancipator frees a specific or undivided portion of that slave, the entire slave is freed. This ruling is established because freeing a part of the slave constitutes freeing the whole slave.