What is the ruling on the *Wala'a* (allegiance/patronage) when a freed slave marries a freed woman and they have two daughters, and these daughters purchase the man's freedom?
General Chapter
Al-Mughni
Book of Walā' (Patronage)
Primary text
If two daughters purchase the freedom of their father (a freed slave), freedom transfers to them, and they acquire *Wala'a* over him. Each daughter acquires half of her sister's share of the *Wala'a* through the mutual claim of kinship by freedom, as each freed half of the father. The *Wala'a* due from the mother remains tied to the mother's emancipator. If the father dies, his estate is divided such that the daughters receive two-thirds by right of lineage and the remainder by the *Wala'a* inheritance rule. If one daughter dies thereafter, her sister inherits half by lineage and half of the remainder due to her partial ownership of the deceased sister's *Wala'a*, resulting in the surviving sister inheriting three-fourths of the deceased's wealth, with the remaining quarter going to the mother's emancipator.
Supporting text
If a daughter dies before her father, her wealth goes entirely to her father. If the father dies subsequently, the surviving daughter inherits half his estate by lineage and half of the remaining half (a quarter) by virtue of being the partial *Mawla* (beneficiary of *Wala'a*) of her sister, totaling seven-eighths of his estate, while the emancipator of the deceased daughter's mother receives the remaining one-eighth.