وإن كان الراهن معسرا استسعي العبد في قيمته
Translation: If the pledgor is insolvent, the manumitted person is made to earn toward the assessed value.
Muʿsir denotes a person unable to meet the relevant financial obligation. Istiʿsāʾ is a technical doctrine tied to the historical law of manumission and recovery of monetary value.
It is not a contemporary permission to impose forced labor on a free person; it must be studied in its historical legal context.
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Insolvency and the historical rule of istiʿsāʾ
Kitab al-Rahn: Manumission, Destruction and Liability for Injury
وإن كان الراهن معسرا استسعي العبد في قيمته
Translation: If the pledgor is insolvent, the manumitted person is made to earn toward the assessed value.
Muʿsir denotes a person unable to meet the relevant financial obligation. Istiʿsāʾ is a technical doctrine tied to the historical law of manumission and recovery of monetary value.
It is not a contemporary permission to impose forced labor on a free person; it must be studied in its historical legal context.