Which takes precedence: manumission during illness or Tadbir (manumission upon death)?
General Chapter
Al-Mughni
Book of Tadbir (Deferred Emancipation)
Primary text
Manumission decreed during a fatal illness takes precedence over Tadbir (a declaration that a slave is free upon the owner's death). This is because the act of manumission during illness is considered temporally prior (asbaq).