The Book of Manumission (of Slaves)
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي الْعِتْقِ وَفَضْلِهِ:
(1) Chapter. What is said regarding the manumission and its superiority.
2بَابُ أَيُّ الرِّقَابِ أَفْضَلُ:
(2) Chapter. What is the best kind of manumission (of slaves)?
3بَابُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ مِنَ الْعَتَاقَةِ فِي الْكُسُوفِ وَالآيَاتِ:
(3) Chapter. Manumitting slaves at the time of eclipses, or on the appearance of some of other signs of Allah, is recommended.
4بَابُ إِذَا أَعْتَقَ عَبْدًا بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ أَوْ أَمَةً بَيْنَ الشُّرَكَاءِ:
(4) Chapter. If one manumits a male slave owned by two persons or a female slave owned by a number of partners.
5بَابُ إِذَا أَعْتَقَ نَصِيبًا فِي عَبْدٍ، وَلَيْسَ لَهُ مَالٌ، اسْتُسْعِيَ الْعَبْدُ غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقٍ عَلَيْهِ، عَلَى نَحْوِ الْكِتَابَةِ:
(5) Chapter. Whoever manumits his portion of a common slave and does not possess enough money to manumit him completely, then that slave should be helped to work without hardship to earn what will enable him to get complete freedom according to the writing (of emancipation)
6بَابُ الْخَطَإِ وَالنِّسْيَانِ فِي الْعَتَاقَةِ وَالطَّلاَقِ وَنَحْوِهِ، وَلاَ عَتَاقَةَ إِلاَّ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ:
(6) Chapter. What is said about manumission and divorce by mistake or forgetfulness. Manumission of slave should be for Allah’s sake only.
7بَابُ إِذَا قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِعَبْدِهِ هُوَ لِلَّهِ. وَنَوَى الْعِتْقَ، وَالإِشْهَادُ فِي الْعِتْقِ:
(7) Chapter. If somebody says to his slave that he is for Allah; and by that he intends to manumit him (the slave is manumitted). And the witness for manumission.
8بَابُ أُمِّ الْوَلَدِ:
(8) Chapter. Umm Al-Walad (i.e., a slave woman who begets a child for her master).
9بَابُ بَيْعِ الْمُدَبَّرِ:
(9) Chapter. The selling of a Mudabbar (i.e., the slave who is declared by his master to be manumitted after his master’s death).
10بَابُ بَيْعِ الْوَلاَءِ وَهِبَتِهِ:
(10) Chapter. The selling and conferring on others of the Wala of a manumitted slave.
11بَابُ إِذَا أُسِرَ أَخُو الرَّجُلِ أَوْ عَمُّهُ هَلْ يُفَادَى إِذَا كَانَ مُشْرِكًا:
(11) Chapter. If the brother or the uncle of somebody was taken as a war prisoner, then can he ransom him if he is a Mushrik?
12بَابُ عِتْقِ الْمُشْرِكِ:
(12) Chapter. Manumission of a Mushrik (pagan, polytheist, idolater)
13بَابُ مَنْ مَلَكَ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ رَقِيقًا فَوَهَبَ وَبَاعَ وَجَامَعَ وَفَدَى وَسَبَى الذُّرِّيَّةَ:
(13) Chapter. Whoever possessed Arab slaves and gave them as a presents, or sold them, or had a sexual relation with the females among them, or accepted their ransom, or took their offspring as captives.
14بَابُ فَضْلِ مَنْ أَدَّبَ جَارِيَتَهُ وَعَلَّمَهَا:
(14) Chapter. The superiority of him who teaches his slave-girl good manners.
15بَابُ قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «الْعَبِيدُ إِخْوَانُكُمْ فَأَطْعِمُوهُمْ مِمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ»:
(15) Chapter. The saying of Prophet ﷺ: Slaves are your brothers, so feed them with the like of what you eat.”
16بَابُ الْعَبْدِ إِذَا أَحْسَنَ عِبَادَةَ رَبِّهِ وَنَصَحَ سَيِّدَهُ:
(16) Chapter. (The reward of) a slave who worships his Lord (Allah) and he is also honest and faithful to his master.
17بَابُ كَرَاهِيَةِ التَّطَاوُلِ عَلَى الرَّقِيقِ، وَقَوْلِهِ عَبْدِي، أَوْ أَمَتِي:
(17) Chapter. It is disliked to look down upon a slave or to say, "My slave" or "My slave-girl."
18بَابُ إِذَا أَتَاهُ خَادِمُهُ بِطَعَامِهِ:
(18) Chapter. When your servant brings your meal to you?
19بَابُ الْعَبْدُ رَاعٍ فِي مَالِ سَيِّدِهِ:
(19) Chapter. The slave is a guardian of the property of his master.
20بَابُ إِذَا ضَرَبَ الْعَبْدَ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ:
(20) Chapter. If somebody beats a slave, he should avoid his face.
