سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الدياتTypes of Blood-Wit (Kitab Al-Diyat)
باب فِي دِيَةِ الْمُكَاتَبِChapter: The Diyah Of A Mukatib.
Hadith 4581
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيل ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ الصَّوَّافُ ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَالَ : " قَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي دِيَةِ الْمُكَاتَبِ يُقْتَلُ يُودَى مَا أَدَّى مِنْ مُكَاتَبَتِهِ دِيَةَ الْحُرِّ وَمَا بَقِيَ دِيَةَ الْمَمْلُوكِ " .
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave judgment about the slave who had made an agreement to purchase his freedom (mukatab) and he had been killed that blood-wit is paid for him at the rate paid for a free man so far as he has paid the purchase money, and at the rate paid for a slave as the remainder is concerned.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
A slave who has made an agreement with his master that he will become free upon paying a certain amount is called a "mukatab" during that period.
(Mukatab with a fathah on the meem and a kasrah on the taa)
A slave who has made an agreement with his master that he will become free upon paying a certain amount is called a "mukatab" during that period.
(Mukatab with a fathah on the meem and a kasrah on the taa)
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4581
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
(1) The researcher of the book has declared the chain of narration of this hadith to be weak, but this narration and the subsequent narrations: 4813 and 4814 are also authentic due to supporting and corroborating reports. For the corroboration and supporting evidence of this narration, see hadith: 4815, 4816.
(2) From this hadith, it is understood that a mukatab (a slave who has a contract for his freedom) will be considered free to the extent of the amount he has paid towards his contract, and the remainder will be considered a slave. For example, if a slave has paid half of the agreed amount, he will be half free and half slave. In this state, if he is killed, the blood money (diyah) for the free portion will be fifty camels, and for the remaining slave portion, the blood money will be given as for a slave, i.e., twenty-five camels.
(2) From this hadith, it is understood that a mukatab (a slave who has a contract for his freedom) will be considered free to the extent of the amount he has paid towards his contract, and the remainder will be considered a slave. For example, if a slave has paid half of the agreed amount, he will be half free and half slave. In this state, if he is killed, the blood money (diyah) for the free portion will be fifty camels, and for the remaining slave portion, the blood money will be given as for a slave, i.e., twenty-five camels.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 4812
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
Footnote in English:
By "mukatab" is meant a slave who has entered into a contract with his master to purchase his freedom in exchange for a certain sum of money. This contract is called "mukatabah" or "kitabah," and the specified amount is referred to as "maal al-mukatabah." The details have already been discussed previously.
By "mukatab" is meant a slave who has entered into a contract with his master to purchase his freedom in exchange for a certain sum of money. This contract is called "mukatabah" or "kitabah," and the specified amount is referred to as "maal al-mukatabah." The details have already been discussed previously.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 4816
