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سنن دارمي
Darimi
من كتاب الفرائضFrom the Book of Inheritance
باب الْمُكَاتَبِ:Chapter on the mukatab (slave with a contract for freedom)
Hadith 3038
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ، قَالَ: "حَدُّ الْمُكَاتَبِ حَدُّ الْمَمْلُوكِ، حَتَّى يُعْتَقَ".
Shu'bi, may Allah have mercy on him, said: The legal punishment (hadd) for a mukatab is the same as that for a slave until he is set free.
Brief Explanation
(The Explanation of Ahadith 3035 to 3038)
The prescribed punishment (hadd) for slander (qadhf) of a slave is half of that for a free person, just as in the case of the prescribed punishment for fornication (zina) and other such punishments, by analogy with female slaves (ama). In the Noble Qur’an it is stated: «﴿فَعَلَيْهِنَّ نِصْفُ مَا عَلَى الْمُحْصَنَاتِ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ .....﴾ [النساء : 25]»
From the narrations mentioned in this chapter, it is established that a mukatab (a slave with a contract for emancipation) is, in the matter of inheritance, like a slave, until he becomes completely free; he will not inherit from a free deceased person.
The prescribed punishment (hadd) for slander (qadhf) of a slave is half of that for a free person, just as in the case of the prescribed punishment for fornication (zina) and other such punishments, by analogy with female slaves (ama). In the Noble Qur’an it is stated: «﴿فَعَلَيْهِنَّ نِصْفُ مَا عَلَى الْمُحْصَنَاتِ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ .....﴾ [النساء : 25]»
From the narrations mentioned in this chapter, it is established that a mukatab (a slave with a contract for emancipation) is, in the matter of inheritance, like a slave, until he becomes completely free; he will not inherit from a free deceased person.
