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معجم صغير للطبراني
Mu'jam al-Saghir
كتاب الديةBook of Blood Money
Description of the blood money for a mukatab slave
Hadith 1187
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ النَّرْسِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : "يُودَى الْمُكَاتَبُ بِقَدْرِ مَا عَتَقَ مِنْهُ دِيَةَ الْحُرِّ ، وَبِقَدْرِ مَا رَقَّ مِنْهُ دِيَةَ الْعَبْدِ "، لَمْ يَرْوِهِ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى ، إِلا هِشَامٌ . تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ مُعَاذٌ ، وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، وَغَيْرُهُ عَنْ هِشَامٍ الدَّسْتُوَائِيِّ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى ، وَلَمْ يَذْكُرُوا قَتَادَةَ
Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The blood money (diyah) of a mukatab (a slave with a contract of manumission) will be equal to that of a free man in proportion to how much he has become free, and in proportion to how much he remains a slave, his blood money will be that of a slave."
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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
