Which takes precedence: manumission during illness or Tadbir (manumission upon death)?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Tadbir (Deferred Emancipation)

Book 67 · Issue 1 · Bab 1

Open in Qurani

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).