8 – Selling a slave-woman who is already married does not dissolve her marriage.

9 – Her emancipation likewise counts neither as a divorce nor as an annulment.

10 – Kafāʾah (marital suitability) in the matter of freedom is recognized, yet it is a condition for the marriage to become binding, not for its basic validity.

11 – Freedom is superior to slavery, and a free person is more virtuous than one who is enslaved.

12 – It is incumbent upon the judge and the muftī to explain to a litigant or inquirer any ruling he is unaware of whenever a sharʿī consequence depends on that knowledge.

13 – When the right of choice is granted solely for the chooser’s own benefit, he may select whichever option he wishes. If, however, the option is intended for someone else’s benefit, he is obliged to choose what is most advantageous for that other party.