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Most of the slaves, who were thus unconditionally freed, returned without any solicitation to their former masters, to serve them, at stated wages; as free men. The work, which they now did, was found to better done than before.
Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid

Born: 948
Died: 1022 (aged 74)
Bio: Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Nu'man al-'Ukbari al-Baghdadi known as al-Shaykh al-Mufid and Ibn al-Mu'allim was a prominent Twelver Shia theologian. He was the son of Muallim, hence the name Ibn Muallim.