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暇（なら・としたら）ちょっと手伝って下さい。
Hima (nara/toshitara) chotto tetsudatte kudasai.

Both the options seem grammatically correct.

Is it not so?

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暇としたら is not grammatically correct. と here is related to the quoting particle and for quoting a sentence, you want a full sentence, here 暇だ hima da, giving 暇だとしたら hima da to shitara. In any case, I think the next two options are better choices of saying "if you have time / if you're free"

  1. 暇なら、ちょっと手伝ってください。
    hima nara, chotto tetsudatte kudasai

    which is correct just the way you said it.

  2. 暇だったら、ちょっと手伝ってください。
    hima dattara, chotto tetsudatte kudasai

    暇 でしたら、ちょっと手伝ってください。
    hima deshitara, chotto tetsudatte kudasai (polite)

I myself would probably use the second one, although choosing between them would depend on the situation.

We have a question explaining the differences between なら, ～たら and ～えば: Differences among -たら、なら、-んだったら、-えば, etc

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  • I disagree that と is the quotation particle here; it's the "as"/supposition particle. – istrasci Oct 01 '14 at 04:05
  • @istrasci Hmm... I only know one name for と when it works like this grammatically. It's called "as"/supposition particle? – Earthliŋ Oct 01 '14 at 09:53
  • @Earthlin: the "as" can be seen often in the form 〜として (「〜の資格で」; see examples in [definition #1 here](http://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%A8%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6?dic=daijirin&oid=DJR_tosite_-010)). The supposition/assumption case can be seen in [ex. 815 here](http://www.jgram.org/pages/viewOne.php?tagE=tosuru). – istrasci Oct 01 '14 at 15:36