What is the ruling if one buys a slave upon whom manumission is obligatory (i.e., a Mudarabah contract slave or one subject to a binding promise of freedom)?

Chapter on the Option of the Two Parties in Sale

Al-Mughni

Book of Sales

Book 12 · Issue 5 · Bab 2

Open in Qurani

Primary text

If one purchases a slave upon whom manumission is obligatory, this act is treated as manumission by explicit declaration, and the established ruling for that scenario applies.