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If a man says, “My slave is free,” or¹ “My wife is divorced,” while he owns several slaves or is married to more than one woman and he does not intend a particular individual, then all of them are set free or divorced², because the phrase is a singular noun in a possessive construction, and thus it applies to everyone³.
(1) In manuscript N, the text reads with the conjunction “wa” (and) instead of “aw” (or).
(2) This ruling is listed among the positions peculiar to the Hanbali school; see al-Lubadi’s marginal gloss, p. 292.
(3) In manuscript A, the reading is “yaʿumm” (encompasses).
ومن قال: رقيقي حر أو١ زوجتي طالق وله متعددة ولم ينو معينا عتق وطلق الكل٢ لأنه مفرد مضاف فيعم٣.
١ في "ن" بالواو بدل: "أو".
٢ هذا من مفردات المذاهب كما في الحاشية. حاشية اللبدي "ص: ٢٩٢".
٣ في "أ" "يعم".