سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
أبواب النوم(Abwab Un Noam )
باب فِي حَقِّ الْمَمْلُوكِChapter: Regarding the rights of slaves.
Hadith 5168
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ , وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ , قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ ، عَنْ فِرَاسٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ ذَكْوَانَ ، عَنْ زَاذَانَ ، قَالَ : أَتَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ وَقَدْ أَعْتَقَ مَمْلُوكًا لَهُ فَأَخَذَ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ عُودًا أَوْ شَيْئًا ، فَقَالَ : مَا لِي فِيهِ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ مَا يَسْوَى هَذَا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ : مَنْ لَطَمَ مَمْلُوكَهُ أَوْ ضَرَبَهُ ، فَكَفَّارَتُهُ أَنْ يُعْتِقَهُ " .
Zadhan said: I came to Ibn Umar when he set his slave free. He took a stick or something else from the earth and said; for me there is no reward even equivalent to this. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: If anyone slaps or beats his slave the atonement due from him is to set him free.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Islam has abolished the system of slavery, which had been prevalent in human society for centuries, with great and subtle wisdom, by making the emancipation of slaves an expiation for mistakes committed from time to time.
Thus, the believers made it their practice to free slaves in this manner.
And they freed them to such an extent that now this category is almost extinct.
Islam has abolished the system of slavery, which had been prevalent in human society for centuries, with great and subtle wisdom, by making the emancipation of slaves an expiation for mistakes committed from time to time.
Thus, the believers made it their practice to free slaves in this manner.
And they freed them to such an extent that now this category is almost extinct.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 5168
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Benefits and Issues:
This hadith establishes that one should treat slaves with kindness and gentleness,
and it is not permissible to beat them or subject them to pain and suffering over minor faults.
And if a master commits injustice or excess against his servant,
then the preferred course of action for him is to set the servant free,
so that his injustice and excess may be remedied.
However, by consensus, freeing the slave is not obligatory;
it is an excellent method.
Yes,
if he has caused the slave significant harm,
such as cutting off a limb,
burning,
or rendering him useless,
then according to Imam Malik and Imam Layth, freeing the slave becomes obligatory.
Benefits and Issues:
This hadith establishes that one should treat slaves with kindness and gentleness,
and it is not permissible to beat them or subject them to pain and suffering over minor faults.
And if a master commits injustice or excess against his servant,
then the preferred course of action for him is to set the servant free,
so that his injustice and excess may be remedied.
However, by consensus, freeing the slave is not obligatory;
it is an excellent method.
Yes,
if he has caused the slave significant harm,
such as cutting off a limb,
burning,
or rendering him useless,
then according to Imam Malik and Imam Layth, freeing the slave becomes obligatory.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 4298
