The reward for returning a runaway slave

Ibn Abi Mulaykah and Amr bin Dinar (may Allah have mercy on them both) said: We have always heard that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ruled, concerning a runaway slave caught outside the Haram, one dinar or ten dirhams.

It is narrated from Abu Amr al-Shaybani (may Allah have mercy on him) that a man found a runaway slave at Ayn al-Tamr and brought him to Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) fixed forty dirhams in his case.

It is narrated from Sa'id bin al-Musayyib that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) set the fee for a runaway slave at one dinar or twelve dirhams.

Something similar is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Ibn Abi Mulaykah that Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) ruled that the fee for a runaway slave who is caught at a distance of three days' travel is three dinars.

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) ruled that the fee for a runaway slave is forty dirhams.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: There is no harm in paying a fee for catching a runaway slave.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A Muslim (having caught a runaway slave) shall return him to a Muslim.

Abu Ishaq (may Allah have mercy on him) said: In the time of Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), I gave a fee of forty dirhams.

Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If the slave is caught inside the city, the fee is ten dirhams, and if he is caught outside the city, it is forty dirhams.

It is narrated from Shurayh that he used to say: If he is caught in the city, then ten dirhams, and if he is caught outside the city, then forty dirhams.

Al-Hakam (may Allah have mercy on him) said concerning a runaway slave who is caught: A Muslim shall return him to a Muslim.

Ibn Abi Mulaykah and Amr bin Dinar said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set the fee for a runaway slave, when he is caught and brought from outside the Haram, at one dinar.

Abdul Karim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked Abdullah bin Utbah (may Allah have mercy on him): Is a wage to be paid for catching a runaway slave? He said: Yes! I said: And for a free person? He said: No.

Al-Qasim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If he does not give him the wage for catching him, then leave him in the very place from which you caught him.