What is the legal ruling regarding the enslavement of a child born after the parents' apostasy by six months?
Chapter on Distant Kindred (Dhawu al-Arham)
Al-Mughni
Book of Inheritance Shares (Farā'id)
Primary text
There is a distinction regarding a child born six months after the apostasy. One position, reported by Al-Kharqi, suggests that such a child may be enslaved. This is one of the opinions attributed to Al-Shafi'i and is the position of Abu Hanifa.
Supporting text
The second position, which is the explicit statement of Al-Shafi'i, is that such children are not to be taken as slaves (slavery is not permissible).