Summarise the separate categories carefully. The liable individual pays for himself and, under this text, his minor children. A wife and grown children are not automatically placed on the husband’s or father’s account.
The historical slave categories have distinct rules for service, contractual freedom, trade, and joint ownership. Do not collapse these legal categories into one blanket statement.
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Sadaqat al-Fitr: Liability, Amounts, and Timing
Summarise the separate categories carefully. The liable individual pays for himself and, under this text, his minor children. A wife and grown children are not automatically placed on the husband’s or father’s account.
The historical slave categories have distinct rules for service, contractual freedom, trade, and joint ownership. Do not collapse these legal categories into one blanket statement.