Is a sale by a mukatab with favor/benevolence (muhadhabah) valid if permitted by the master?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Mukātaba (Contractual Manumission)

Book 68 · Issue 6 · Bab 1

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If the master permits his mukatab to sell with favoritism, the sale is valid, and the master retains the right to claim preemption over the property because a sale involving favoritism, when authorized by the master, is valid.