Tadbir (Leaving Instructions That One's Slave Be Freed After One's Death)

This is a contract written by so and so the son of so and so the son of so and so, to his Sicilian slave, the baker and cook, who is called so and so, and who at this time is in his possession and owned by him. I have arranged for your manumission following my death, seeking thereby the Face of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, and hoping for His reward. You will be free after I die, and no one will have any control over you after I die, except by way of Al-Wala' (loyalty of a freed slave to his former masters), which will be to me and my descendents after me. So-and-so the son of So-and-so affirms all that is mentioned in this contract, without compulsion, while in good health, and in full control of his wealth, after all of that was read to him in the presence of the witnesses named therein. He affirmed in their presence that he had heard it, and understood it, and called upon Allah to bear witness to it, and Allah is sufficient as a witness, then the witnesses who were present. So-and-so the Sicilian cook, who is sound in mind and body, affirmed that everything that is stated in this contract is true and correct according to the way it is written.