سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الإجارةWages (Kitab Al-Ijarah)
باب فِي عُهْدَةِ الرَّقِيقِChapter: Regarding Liability For The Slave.
Hadith 3506
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : "عُهْدَةُ الرَّقِيقِ ثَلَاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ " .
Narrated Uqbah ibn Amir: The Prophet ﷺ said: The contractual obligation of a slave is three days.
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Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
The meaning of the hadith is that if someone buys a slave, and then discovers a defect in the slave, if he discovers the defect within three days and wishes to return the slave, then this is permissible; after three days, he cannot return him. However, both narrations mentioned in this chapter are weak.
Morally, it is the ethical duty of every seller not to conceal the defect of a slave or animal, but rather to disclose it.
And if the buyer, upon discovering a defect, wishes to return the slave or animal, then the seller should accept its return.
The meaning of the hadith is that if someone buys a slave, and then discovers a defect in the slave, if he discovers the defect within three days and wishes to return the slave, then this is permissible; after three days, he cannot return him. However, both narrations mentioned in this chapter are weak.
Morally, it is the ethical duty of every seller not to conceal the defect of a slave or animal, but rather to disclose it.
And if the buyer, upon discovering a defect, wishes to return the slave or animal, then the seller should accept its return.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 2245
