حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ ، قَالَ :" حَدُّ الْمُكَاتَبِ حَدُّ الْمَمْلُوكِ، حَتَّى يُعْتَقَ "

Abu Nu’aym told us, Hassan told us, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Al-Sha’bi, he said: “The limit of a makateb is the limit of a slave, until he is freed.”