A slave woman who claims she is free

It is narrated from Sulayman bin Yasar (may Allah have mercy on him) that a slave-woman came to a people and deceived them, telling them that she was free. A man married her and she bore him several children; then it became known that she was a slave. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) ruled that the value of her children be paid, saying that every person who has been deceived is to be given, by way of compensation, a ghurrah (a male or female slave).

It is narrated from Khilas (may Allah have mercy on him) that a slave-woman came to the tribe of Tayy and said that she was free. Taking her to be free, a man married her. Then her master came to take her. Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) ruled that the slave-woman and her children go to the master, and that her husband has whatever he can recover of his goods. He then established this practice among the people: for every one person, two persons.

Al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked about a slave-woman who ran away from one city to another, came to a people and presented herself as free. A man desired her, and, liking her, he married her and she bore him several children. Then it became known that she was a slave, and her master also came. Could he take the slave-woman away? He (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The master will take his slave-woman, and the father will ransom his children, a ghurrah (a male or female slave) for each child.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) said that for every child born of a marriage contracted through deception, there is a ghurrah (a male or female slave).