Who holds the wala' if all heirs absolve the slave of the remaining payment amount?
General Chapter
Al-Mughni
Book of Mukātaba (Contractual Manumission)
Primary text
If all heirs absolve the slave of the remaining obligation, the slave is freed, and the wala' is subject to the two narrations previously mentioned regarding the situation where the slave paid them, as the absolution is treated like the fulfillment of the debt.
Supporting text
There is a probability that the wala' belongs to the heirs because they conferred a favor upon him by means of the emancipation, resembling the case where they actively emancipated him.