What is the distribution of a deceased person's estate involving a *mudabbar* (a slave willed to be freed upon the owner's death), existing debts owed by an heir, and a bequest of one-third of the wealth?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Tadbir (Deferred Emancipation)

Book 67 · Issue 1 · Bab 1

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If a person dies leaving a *mudabbar* slave valued at one hundred, two sons, a debt of two hundred dirhams owed by one son, and a bequest of one-third of the estate, the *mudabbar*'s freedom is partially executed. One-third of the *mudabbar* is freed immediately. The debt owed by the son is reduced by one hundred. The legatee receives one-sixth of the slave. The two sons receive one-third of the slave. The remaining one-sixth of the slave's freedom is suspended (*mawquf*). The total realizable wealth is considered two-thirds (the slave and the debt reduction). One-third of this realizable wealth is divided equally between the *mudabbar*'s remaining freedom allocation and the legatee. As the remaining debt is collected, a corresponding fraction of the slave is freed until the entire debt is settled. Upon full settlement, the sons receive two-thirds of the slave's total portion, and the legatee receives one-sixth of the slave and one-third of the settled debt, totaling their due share. The remaining half of the *mudabbar*'s freedom is completed.