Allah, the Exalted, has said: «والذين يبتغون الكتاب مما ملكت أيمانكم فكاتبوهم إن علمتم فيهم خيرا‏‏» "And those of your slaves who seek a written contract (for freedom), give them such a contract if you find any good in them." (An-Nur: 33) 1. This is the document (agreement) which so-and-so, son of so-and-so, has written in a state of health and with full authority for his slave who is from Nobah (the name of a country), whose name is so-and-so, and who until today is in his ownership and under his authority: I have made a contract of manumission with you for three thousand good and genuine dirhams, each weighing seven mithqals, to be paid in installments over six consecutive years. The first installment will be paid upon sighting the moon in such-and-such month of such-and-such year. If you pay the specified amount in equal installments as stated in this document, you will be free, and you will receive all the rights that free people have, and all the obligations that are upon them will be upon you. If you violate this document in the slightest, this contract will be null and void, and you will return to a life of slavery. No new contract of manumission will be written regarding this matter. I have accepted your contract according to the conditions mentioned in this document before we finish our conversation or leave the gathering in which this document was written. The agreement was made by so-and-so and so-and-so.