الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب العتقBook of Emancipation
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي أُمِّ الْوَلَدِChapter on What Has Been Reported Regarding Umm al-Walad (Mother of a Child)
Hadith 5288
اُردوEn
عَنِ الْخَطَّابِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ أُمِّهِ قَالَتْ حَدَّثَتْنِي سَلَامَةُ بِنْتُ مَعْقِلٍ قَالَتْ كُنْتُ لِلْحُبَابِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو وَلِي مِنْهُ غُلَامٌ فَقَالَتْ لِيَ امْرَأَتُهُ الْآنَ تُبَاعِينَ فِي دَيْنِهِ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ صَاحِبُ تَرِكَةِ الْحُبَابِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو فَقَالُوا أَخُوهُ أَبُو الْيُسْرِ كَعْبُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو فَدَعَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ لَا تَبِيعُوهَا وَأَعْتِقُوهَا فَإِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِرَقِيقٍ قَدْ جَاءَنِي فَأْتُونِي أُعَوِّضْكُمْ فَفَعَلُوا فَاخْتَلَفُوا فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ قَوْمٌ أُمُّ الْوَلَدِ مَمْلُوكَةٌ لَوْلَا ذَلِكَ لَمْ يُعَوِّضْهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْهَا وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ هِيَ حُرَّةٌ قَدْ أَعْتَقَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَفِيهَا كَانَ الِاخْتِلَافُ
It is narrated from Sayyida Salama bint Ma’qil (may Allah be pleased with her), she says: I was the slave woman of Sayyiduna Hubab bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him), and a child was also born to him from me. (But when he passed away,) his wife said to me: Now you will be sold to pay off his debt. So I went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him of this matter. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Who is the guardian of the inheritance of Hubab bin Amr? The people said: His brother, Sayyiduna Abu al-Yasar Ka’b bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) called him and said: You are not to sell her, rather you are to set her free. When you hear that slaves have come to me, come to me, and I will give you compensation for her. He did so, but after the death of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), there was a difference of opinion regarding this issue. Some people were of the view that the umm walad (a slave woman who bore her master a child) remains a slave after her master’s death. If her ruling was not that of a slave, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would not have given them a slave in exchange for her. While others said that such a woman becomes free, because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set her free. Sayyida Salama (may Allah be pleased with her) says: There was a difference of opinion among the companions regarding me.
