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THE BOOK OF THE EMANCIPATION
OF SLAVES
It is related from Abú Hurairah that, 'The Apostle of God said, "Whoever emancipates a Muslim slave, God will emancipate every member of his body from the fire, in return for the members (of his slave)."'—Muslim, Al Bukhárí.
It is related from ʿAmru bin ʿAbasah that, 'The Prophet said, "Whoever builds a mosque in order that God may be remembered therein; a house will be built for him in paradise. And whoever emancipates a person who is a Muslim, it will be his ransom from hell. And whoever grows grey in the way of God, it will be for him a light on the day of resurrection."'—In Sharhu's-Sunnah.
On the Emancipation of a Slave Who is Jointly
Owned
It is related from ʿImrán bin Ḥusain that, 'A man at his death freed six slaves which belonged to him. He had no other property besides them. Then the Apostle of God called them and divided them into three lots. After that he cast lots amongst them and freed two of them and retained four in slavery. And he spoke severe words about the man.'—Muslim. And in another tradition from Nasái it runs, '"I certainly thought not to pray over him." But he spake severe words of him instead.' And in another tradition from Abú Dáud it runs, "He said, "Had I been present before he was buried, he would not have been buried in a Muslim cemetery."'
It is related from Ibn ʿAbbás that, 'The Prophet said, "If a female slave bears a son to her master, then she is free at his death or after it."'—Al Dárimi.
It is related from Jábir that he said, 'We used to sell the mothers of children in the time of the Apostle of God and in that of Abú Bakr; but when ʿOmar (was Khalíf) he forbade us doing it; therefore we brought the practice to an end.'— Abú Dáud.
