came under the same ruling as someone who emancipates a slave that belongs to another, and the jurists other than Mālik disagree in this regard.

If the agent purchases a slave who, by law, would be automatically manumitted for him, and the slave contains surplus value while the agent is solvent, the slave is set free for him and he must pay the owner of the capital his share of that surplus.

If there is no surplus value and the agent is solvent, two opinions are reported: one holds that the slave is not freed, while the other states that the slave is freed for him and he must reimburse the owner of the capital the slave’s full price.

Should the agent be insolvent, or should the slave lack any surplus value, nothing of the slave is manumitted.

If surplus value does exist, only the agent’s proportional share of that surplus is freed, and the remainder of the slave remains in bondage.

Allah is the One who grants success.