What is the ruling when a master gives a general permission for marriage, and the slave contracts an invalid marriage?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Marriage

Book 35 · Issue 3 · Bab 1

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There are two possibilities when a master grants unrestricted permission for marriage, and the slave enters an invalid marriage. One view holds that the marriage is invalid because general permission for marriage does not encompass invalid marriages. The other view suggests the general permission includes the invalid marriage because the unqualified term ('marriage') covers both valid and invalid forms.