The Book of Manumission (of Slaves)

1 بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي الْعِتْقِ وَفَضْلِهِ:

Chapter. What is said regarding the manumission and its superiority.

2 hadith (2517 — Q2517)

2 بَابُ أَيُّ الرِّقَابِ أَفْضَلُ:

Chapter. What is the best kind of manumission (of slaves)?

1 hadith (2518 — 2518)

3 بَابُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ مِنَ الْعَتَاقَةِ فِي الْكُسُوفِ وَالآيَاتِ:

Chapter. Manumitting slaves at the time of eclipses, or on the appearance of some of other signs of Allah, is recommended.

2 hadith (2519 — 2520)

4 بَابُ إِذَا أَعْتَقَ عَبْدًا بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ أَوْ أَمَةً بَيْنَ الشُّرَكَاءِ:

Chapter. If one manumits a male slave owned by two persons or a female slave owned by a number of partners.

5 hadith (2521 — 2525)

5 بَابُ إِذَا أَعْتَقَ نَصِيبًا فِي عَبْدٍ، وَلَيْسَ لَهُ مَالٌ، اسْتُسْعِيَ الْعَبْدُ غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقٍ عَلَيْهِ، عَلَى نَحْوِ الْكِتَابَةِ:

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)

2 hadith (2526 — 2527)

6 بَابُ الْخَطَإِ وَالنِّسْيَانِ فِي الْعَتَاقَةِ وَالطَّلاَقِ وَنَحْوِهِ، وَلاَ عَتَاقَةَ إِلاَّ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ:

Chapter. What is said about manumission and divorce by mistake or forgetfulness. Manumission of slave should be for Allah’s sake only.

3 hadith (2528 — Q2528)

7 بَابُ إِذَا قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِعَبْدِهِ هُوَ لِلَّهِ. وَنَوَى الْعِتْقَ، وَالإِشْهَادُ فِي الْعِتْقِ:

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.

3 hadith (2530 — 2532)

8 بَابُ أُمِّ الْوَلَدِ:

Chapter. Umm Al-Walad (i.e., a slave woman who begets a child for her master).

2 hadith (2533 — Q2533)

9 بَابُ بَيْعِ الْمُدَبَّرِ:

Chapter. The selling of a Mudabbar (i.e., the slave who is declared by his master to be manumitted after his master’s death).

1 hadith (2534 — 2534)

10 بَابُ بَيْعِ الْوَلاَءِ وَهِبَتِهِ:

Chapter. The selling and conferring on others of the Wala of a manumitted slave.

2 hadith (2535 — 2536)

11 بَابُ إِذَا أُسِرَ أَخُو الرَّجُلِ أَوْ عَمُّهُ هَلْ يُفَادَى إِذَا كَانَ مُشْرِكًا:

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?

2 hadith (2537 — Q2537)

12 بَابُ عِتْقِ الْمُشْرِكِ:

Chapter. Manumission of a Mushrik (pagan, polytheist, idolater)

1 hadith (2538 — 2538)

13 بَابُ مَنْ مَلَكَ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ رَقِيقًا فَوَهَبَ وَبَاعَ وَجَامَعَ وَفَدَى وَسَبَى الذُّرِّيَّةَ:

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.

6 hadith (2539 — Q2539)

14 بَابُ فَضْلِ مَنْ أَدَّبَ جَارِيَتَهُ وَعَلَّمَهَا:

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