Is marriage permissible for a partially freed man if his master gives permission?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Marriage

Book 35 · Issue 4 · Bab 1

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Primary text

If the master gives permission for the partially freed man to marry, it is permissible, except according to those jurists who prohibit a slave from taking a concubine altogether, as they consider him equivalent to a fully enslaved person in that regard.