Is the master obliged to pay anything to the Mukatab under an invalid contract?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Mukātaba (Contractual Manumission)

Book 68 · Issue 7 · Bab 1

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Primary text

The master is not obligated to give anything to the Mukatab under an invalid contract because manumission here is established by a pure condition, resembling the case where one states, 'If you pay me a thousand, you are free.'