Translation
of Sahih Bukhari, Book 46:
Manumission
of Slaves
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 693:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Whoever frees a Muslim slave, Allah will
save all the parts of his body from the (Hell)
Fire as he has freed the body-parts of the
slave." Said bin Marjana said that he
narrated that Hadith to 'Ali bin Al-Husain and he
freed his slave for whom 'Abdullah bin Ja'far had
offered him ten thousand Dirhams or one-thousand
Dinars.
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 694:
Narrated Abu Dhar:
I asked the
Prophet, "What is the best deed?" He
replied, "To believe in Allah and to fight
for His Cause." I then asked, "What is
the best kind of manumission (of slaves)?" He
replied, "The manumission of the most
expensive slave and the most beloved by his
master." I said, "If I cannot afford to
do that?" He said, "Help the weak or do
good for a person who cannot work for
himself." I said, "If I cannot do
that?" He said, "Refrain from harming
others for this will be regarded as a charitable
deed for your own good."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 695:
Narrated Asma' bint
Abu Bakr:
The Prophet ordered
us to free slaves at the time of solar eclipses.
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 696:
Narrated Asma' bint
Abu Bakr:
We were ordered to
free slaves at the time of lunar eclipses.
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 697:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The Prophet said,
"Whoever manumits a slave owned by two
masters, should manumit him completely (not
partially) if he is rich after having its price
evaluated."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 698:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Whoever frees his share of a common
slave and he has sufficient money to free him
completely, should let its price be estimated by a
just man and give his partners the price of their
shares and manumit the slave; otherwise (i.e. if
he has not sufficient money) he manumits the slave
partially."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 699:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Whoever manumits his share of a slave,
then it is essential for him to get that slave
manumitted' completely as long as he has the money
to do so. If he has not sufficient money to pay
the price of the other shares (after the price of
the slave is evaluated justly), the manumitted
manumits the slave partially in proportion to his
share.
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 700:
Narrated 'Ubaidullah:
as above BRIEFLY.
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 701:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The Prophet said,
"He who manumits his share of a slave and has
money sufficient to free the remaining portion of
that slave's price (justly estimated) then he
should manumit him (by giving the rest of his
price to the other co-owners)." Nafi' added,
"Otherwise the slave is partially free."
Aiyub is not sure whether the last statement was
said by Nafi' or it was a part of the Hadith.
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 702:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
That he used to
give his verdict regarding the male or female
slaves owned by more than one master, one of whom
may manumit his share of the slave. Ibn 'Umar used
to say in such a case, "The manumitted should
manumit the slave completely if he has sufficient
money to pay the rest of the price of that slave
(which is to be justly estimated) and the other
share-holders are to take the price of their
shares and the slave is freed (released from
slavery)." Ibn 'Umar narrated this verdict
from the Prophet.
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 703:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
that the Prophet
said, "Whoever frees his portion of a
(common) slave."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 704:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Whoever frees his portion of a common slave
should free the slave completely by paying the
rest of his price from his money if he has enough
money; otherwise the price of the slave is to be
estimated and the slave is to be helped to work
without hardship till he pays the rest of his
price."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 705:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Allah has accepted my invocation to forgive
what whispers in the hearts of my followers,
unless they put it to action or utter it."
(See Hadith No. 657 Vol. 8)
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 706:
Narrated 'Umar bin
Al-Khattab:
The Prophet said,
"The (reward of) deeds depend on intentions,
and every person will get the reward according to
what he intends. So, whoever migrated for Allah
and His Apostle, then his migration will be for
Allah and His Apostle, and whoever migrated for
worldly benefits or for marrying a woman, then his
migration will be for what he migrated for."
(See Hadith No. 1, Vol. 1)
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 707:
Narrated Qais:
When Abu Huraira
accompanied by his slave set out intending to
embrace Islam they lost each other on the way. The
slave then came while Abu Huraira was sitting with
the Prophet. The Prophet said, "O Abu Huraira!
Your slave has come back." Abu Huraira said,
"Indeed, I would like you to witness that I
have manumitted him." That happened at the
time when Abu Huraira recited (the following
poetic verse):-- 'What a long tedious tiresome
night! Nevertheless, it has delivered us From the
land of Kufr (disbelief).
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 708:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
On my way to the
Prophet I was reciting:-- 'What a long tedious
tiresome night! Nevertheless, it has saved us From
the land of Kufr (disbelief).' I had a slave who
ran away from me on the way. When I went to the
Prophet and gave the pledge of allegiance for
embracing Islam, the slave showed up while I was
still with the Prophet who remarked, "O Abu
Huraira! Here is your slave!" I said, "I
manumit him for Allah's Sake," and so I freed
him.
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 709:
Narrated Qais:
When Abu Huraira
accompanied by his slave came intending to embrace
Islam, they lost each other on the way. (When the
slave showed up) Abu Huraira said (to the
Prophet), "I make you witness that the slave
is free for Allah's Cause."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 710:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Utba bin Abi Waqqas
authorized his brother Sad bin Abi Waqqas to take
the son of the slave-girl of Zam'a into his
custody, telling him that the boy was his own
(illegal) son. When Allah's Apostle went (to
Mecca) at the time of the Conquest, Sad took the
son of the slavegirl of Zam'a to Allah's Apostle
and also brought 'Abu bin Zam'a with him and said,
"O Allah's Apostle! This is the son of my
brother 'Utba who authorized me to take him into
my custody." 'Abu bin Zam'a said, "O
Allah's Apostle! He is my brother, the son of
Zam'a' slave-girl and he was born on his
bed." Allah's Apostle looked at the son of
the slave-girl of Zam'a and noticed much
resemblance (to 'Utba). Allah's Apostle said,
"It is for you, O 'Abu bin Zam'a as he was
born on the bed of your father." Allah's
Apostle then told Sauda bint Zam'a to observe veil
in the presence of the boy as he noticed the boy's
resemblance to 'Utba and Sauda was the wife of the
Prophet .
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 711:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
A man amongst us
declared that his slave would be freed after his
death. The Prophet called for that slave and sold
him. The slave died the same year.
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 712:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle
forbade the selling or donating the Wala' of a
freed slave.
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 713:
Narrated 'Aisha:
I bought Buraira
but her masters put the condition that her Wala'
would be for them. I told the Prophet about it. He
said (to me), "Manumit her as her Wala' will
be for the one who pays the price." So, I
manumitted her. The Prophet called Buraira and
gave her the option of either staying with her
husband or leaving him. She said, "Even if he
gave me so much money, I would not stay with
him," and so she preferred her freedom to her
husband.
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 714:
Narrated Anas:
Some men of the
Ansar asked for the permission of Allah's Apostle
and said, "Allow us to give up the ransom
from our nephew Al-'Abbas. The Prophet said (to
them), "Do not leave (even) a Dirham (of his
ransom)."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 715:
Narrated Hisham:
My father told me
that Hakim bin Hizam manumitted one-hundred slaves
in the pre-lslamic period of ignorance and
slaughtered one-hundred camels (and distributed
them in charity). When he embraced Islam he again
slaughtered one-hundred camels and manumitted
one-hundred slaves. Hakim said, "I asked
Allah's Apostle, 'O Allah's Apostle! What do you
think about some good deeds I used to practice in
the prelslamic period of ignorance regarding them
as deeds of righteousness?' Allah's Apostle said,
"You have embraced Islam along with all those
good deeds you did."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 716:
Narrated Marwan and
Al-Miswar bin Makhrama:
When the delegates
of the tribe of Hawazin came to the Prophet and
they requested him to return their properties and
captives. The Prophet stood up and said to them,
"I have other people with me in this matter
(as you see) and the most beloved statement to me
is the true one; you may choose either the
properties or the prisoners as I have delayed
their distribution." The Prophet had waited
for them for more than ten days since his arrival
from Ta'if. So, when it became evident to them
that the Prophet was not going to return them
except one of the two, they said, "We choose
our prisoners." The Prophet got up amongst
the people and glorified and praised Allah as He
deserved and said, "Then after, these
brethren of yours have come to us with repentance,
and I see it logical to return them the captives.
So, whoever amongst you likes to do that as a
favor, then he can do it, and whoever of you likes
to stick to his share till we recompense him from
the very first war booty which Allah will give us,
then he can do so (i.e. give up the present
captives)." The people unanimously said,
"We do that (return the captives)
willingly." The Prophet said, "We do not
know which of you has agreed to it and which have
not, so go back and let your leaders forward us
your decision." So, all the people then went
back and discussed the matter with their leaders
who returned and informed the Prophet that all the
people had willingly given their consent to return
the captives. This is what has reached us about
the captives of Hawazin. Narrated Anas that 'Abbas
said to the Prophet, "I paid for my ransom
and Aqil's ransom."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 717:
Narrated Ibn Aun:
I wrote a letter to
Nafi and Nafi wrote in reply to my letter that the
Prophet had suddenly attacked Bani Mustaliq
without warning while they were heedless and their
cattle were being watered at the places of water.
Their fighting men were killed and their women and
children were taken as captives; the Prophet got
Juwairiya on that day. Nafi said that Ibn 'Umar
had told him the above narration and that Ibn 'Umar
was in that army.
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 718:
Narrated Ibn
Muhairiz:
I saw Abu Said and
asked him about coitus interruptus. Abu Said said,
"We went with Allah's Apostle, in the Ghazwa
of Barli Al-Mustaliq and we captured some of the
'Arabs as captives, and the long separation from
our wives was pressing us hard and we wanted to
practice coitus interruptus. We asked Allah's
Apostle (whether it was permissible). He said,
"It is better for you not to do so. No soul,
(that which Allah has) destined to exist, up to
the Day of Resurrection, but will definitely come,
into existence."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 719:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
I have loved the
people of the tribe of Bani Tamim ever since I
heard, three things, Allah's Apostle said about
them. I heard him saying, These people (of the
tribe of Bani Tamim) would stand firm against Ad-Dajjal."
When the Sadaqat (gifts of charity) from that
tribe came, Allah's Apostle said, "These are
the Sadaqat (i.e. charitable gifts) of our
folk." 'Aisha had a slave-girl from that
tribe, and the Prophet said to 'Aisha,
"Manumit her as she is a descendant of
Ishmael (the Prophet)."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 720:
Narrated Abu Musa:
Allah's Apostle
said, "He who has a slave-girl and educates
and treats her nicely and then manumits and
marries her, will get a double reward."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 721:
Narrated Al-Ma'rur
bin Suwaid:
I saw Abu Dhar Al-Ghifari
wearing a cloak, and his slave, too, was wearing a
cloak. We asked him about that (i.e. how both were
wearing similar cloaks). He replied, "Once I
abused a man and he complained of me to the
Prophet . The Prophet asked me, 'Did you abuse him
by slighting his mother?' He added, 'Your slaves
are your brethren upon whom Allah has given you
authority. So, if one has one's brethren under
one's control, one should feed them with the like
of what one eats and clothe them with the like of
what one wears. You should not overburden them
with what they cannot bear, and if you do so, help
them (in their hard job)."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 722:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle
said, "If a slave is honest and faithful to
his master and worships his Lord (Allah) in a
perfect manner, he will get a double reward."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 723:
Narrated Abu Musa
Al-Ashari:
The Prophet said,
"He who has a slave-girl and teaches her good
manners and improves her education and then
manumits and marries her, will get a double
reward; and any slave who observes Allah's right
and his master's right will get a double
reward."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 724:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "A pious slave gets a double
reward." Abu Huraira added: By Him in Whose
Hands my soul is but for Jihad (i.e. holy
battles), Hajj, and my duty to serve my mother, I
would have loved to die as a slave.
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 725:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Goodness and comfort are for him who
worships his Lord in a perfect manner and serves
his master sincerely."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 726:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"If a slave serves his Saiyid (i.e. master)
sincerely and worships his Lord (Allah) perfectly,
he will get a double reward."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 727:
Narrated Abu Musa:
The Prophet said,
"The Mamluk (slave) who worships his Lord in
a perfect manner, and is dutiful, sincere and
obedient to his Saiyid (master), will get a double
reward."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 728:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"You should not say, 'Feed your lord (Rabbaka),
help your lord in performing ablution, or give
water to your lord, but should say, 'my master
(e.g. Feed your master instead of lord etc.) (Saiyidi),
or my guardian (Maulai), and one should not say,
my slave (Abdi), or my girl-slave (Amati), but
should say, my lad (Fatai), my lass (Fatati), and
'my boy (Ghulami)."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 729:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The Prophet said,
"If one manumits his share of a common slave
(Abd), and he has money sufficient to free the
remaining portion of the price of the slave
(justly estimated), then he should free the slave
completely by paying the rest of his price;
otherwise the slave is freed partly. "
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 730:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Everyone of you is a guardian and is
responsible for his charges. The ruler who has
authority over people, is a guardian and is
responsible for them, a man is a guardian of his
family and is responsible for them; a woman is a
guardian of her husband's house and children and
is responsible for them; a slave ('Abu) is a
guardian of his master's property and is
responsible for it; so all of you are guardians
and are responsible for your charges."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 731:
Narrated Abu
Huraira and Zaid bin Khalid:
The Prophet said,
"If a slave-girl (Ama) commits illegal sexual
intercourse, scourge her; if she does it again,
scourge her again; if she repeats it, scourge her
again." The narrator added that on the third
or the fourth offence, the Prophet said,
"Sell her even for a hair rope."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 732:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"When your servant brings your meals to you
then if he does not let him sit and share the
meals, then he should at least give him a mouthful
or two mouthfuls of that meal or a meal or two
meals, as he has prepared it."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 733:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar:
That he heard
Allah's Apostle saying, "Everyone of you is a
guardian and is responsible for his charge; the
ruler is a guardian and is responsible for his
subjects; the man is a guardian in his family and
responsible for his charges; a woman is a guardian
of her husband's house and responsible for her
charges; and the servant is a guardian of his
master's property and is responsible for his
charge." I definitely heard the above from
the Prophet and think that the Prophet also said,
"A man is a guardian of his father's property
and responsible for his charges; so everyone of
you is a guardian and responsible for his
charges."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 734:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"If somebody fights (or beats somebody) then
he should avoid the face."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 735:
Narrated 'Urwa:
That 'Aisha told
him that Buraira came to seek her help in her
writing of emancipation (for a certain sum) and
that time she had not paid anything of it. 'Aisha
said to her, "Go back to your masters, and if
they agree that I will pay the amount of your
writing of emancipation and get your Wala', I will
do so." Buraira informed her masters of that
but they refused and said, "If she (i.e. 'Aisha)
is seeking Allah's reward, then she can do so, but
your Wala' will be for us." 'Aisha mentioned
that to Allah's Apostle who said to her, "Buy
and manumit her, as the Wala' is for the
liberator." Allah's Apostle then got up and
said, "What about the people who stipulate
conditions which are not present in Allah's Laws?
Whoever imposes conditions which are not present
in Allah's Laws, then those conditions will be
invalid, even if he imposed these conditions a
hundred times. Allah's conditions (Laws) are the
truth and are more solid."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 736:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar:
Aisha wanted to buy
a slave-girl in order to manumit her. The girl's
masters stipulated that her Wala' would be for
them. Allah's Apostle said (to 'Aisha), "What
they stipulate should not stop you, for the Wala'
is for the liberator."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 737:
Narrated Aisha:
Buraira came (to 'Aisha)
and said, "I have made a contract of
emancipation with my masters for nine Uqiyas (of
gold) to be paid in yearly installments.
Therefore, I seek your help." 'Aisha said,
"If your masters agree, I will pay them the
sum at once and free you on condition that your
Wala' will be for me." Buraira went to her
masters but they refused that offer. She (came
back) and said, "I presented to them the
offer but they refused, unless the Wala' was for
them." Allah's Apostle heard of that and
asked me about it, and I told him about it. On
that he said, "Buy and manumit her and
stipulate that the Wala' should be for you, as
Wala' is for the liberator." 'Aisha added,
"Allah's Apostle then got up amongst the
people, Glorified and Praised Allah, and said,
'Then after: What about some people who impose
conditions which are not present in Allah's Laws?
So, any condition which is not present in Allah's
Laws is invalid even if they were one-hundred
conditions. Allah's ordinance is the truth, and
Allah's condition is stronger and more solid. Why
do some men from you say, O so-and-so! manumit the
slave but the Wala will be for me? Verily, the
Wala is for the liberator."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 738:
Narrated Amra bint
'AbdurRahman:
Buraira went to
Aisha, the mother of the faithful believers to
seek her help in her emancipation Aisha said to
her, "If your masters agree, I will pay them
your price in a lump sum and manumit you."
Buraira mentioned that offer to her masters but
they refused to sell her unless the Wala' was for
them. 'Aisha told Allah's Apostle about it. He
said, "Buy and manumit her as the Wala' is
for the liberator."
Volume
3, Book 46, Number 739:
Narrated 'Abdul
Wahid bin Aiman:
I went to 'Aisha
and said, "I was the slave of Utba bin Abu
Lahab. "Utba died and his sons became my
masters who sold me to Ibn Abu Amr who manumitted
me. The sons of 'Utba stipulated that my Wala'
should be for them." 'Aisha said, "Buraira
came to me and she was given the writing of
emancipation by her masters and she asked me to
buy and manumit her. I agreed to it, but Buraira
told me that her masters would not sell her unless
her Wala' was for them." 'Aisha said, "I
am not in need of that." When the Prophet
heard that, or he was told about it, he asked 'Aisha
about it. 'Aisha mentioned what Buraira had told
her. The Prophet said, "Buy and manumit her
and let them stipulate whatever they like."
So, 'Aisha bought and manumitted her and her
masters stipulated that her Wala' should be for
them." The Prophet;, said, "The Wala'
will be for the liberator even if they stipulated
a hundred conditions."
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