إِنَّ سَيِّدِي كَاتَبَنِي وَ شَرَطَ عَلَيَّ نُجُوماً فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ فَجِئْتُهُ بِالْمَالِ كُلِّهِ ضَرْبَةً وَاحِدَةً وَ سَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ كُلَّهُ ضَرْبَةً وَاحِدَةً وَ يُجِيزَ عِتْقِي فَأَبَى عَلَيَّ فَدَعَاهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) فَقَالَ صَدَقَ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَا لَكَ لَا تَأْخُذُ الْمَالَ وَ تُمْضِيَ عِتْقَهُ فَقَالَ مَا آخُذُ إِلَّا النُّجُومَ الَّتِي شَرَطْتُ وَ أَتَعَرَّضُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ لِمِيرَاثِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) فَأَنْتَ أَحَقُّ بِشَرْطِكَ .
Translation
From him, from Al Hassan Bin Musa Al Khashab, from Giyas Bin Kaloub, from Is’haq Bin Ammar, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> (having said) that: ‘A contracted slave came to Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup>, so he said, ‘My master has contracted me and stipulated a condition upon me of installments during every year. So I came with all of the wealth, in one go, and asked him that he should take all of it in one go, and allow me my freedom. But he refused’. So Amir Al Momineen<sup>asws</sup> called him over, so he said, ‘He speaks the truth’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said to him: ‘So what is the matter with you that you are not taking the wealth and fulfill his emancipation?’ So he said, ‘I will not take except by installments which I had stipulated, and I turn away from the due to his inheritance’. So Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So you are more rightful of being upon your stipulation’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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