What is the legal status regarding inheritance if a partially freed slave dies before fulfilling the determined payment ('Si'ayah')?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Manumission

Book 66 · Issue 2 · Bab 1

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If such a slave dies before completing the payment of the 'Si'ayah', the ruling is that he dies while a portion of him remains enslaved. Therefore, his legal status concerning inheritance follows the established ruling for the alternative opinion previously mentioned, treating the enslaved portion as property.