The Book of Manumission of Slaves

Book 31 of 43 · Sunan Abi Dawud

43 hadith Hadith 3926–3968 Sunni
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The Book of Manumission of Slaves

Sunan Abi Dawud

43 hadith Hadith 3926–3968 Sunni

About This Book

Compiled during the 833–888 CE period by al-Sijistani.

The Book of Manumission of Slaves is book 31 of 43 in Sunan Abi Dawud, containing 43 hadith.

Geography

This collection was compiled primarily in Basra (later life). The narrators in this book are associated with 20 distinct geographic locations.

Basra Medina Kufa Asbahan Bulkh Makkah Sana Wasit Iraq Baghdad al-Ray Asqalan Basrah Yemen Hiran Damascus Cairo al-Ramla Hims Hamadan

Narrators in This Book

This book features 127 narrators in its chains of transmission. The most frequently cited are Qatada قتادة, ibn Umar, Nafie' نافع مولى ابن عمر, Ayoub al-Sakhtiyani أيوب السختياني, Jabir ibn 'Abdullah.

Hadith in This Book 43 hadith

1 3926 Hasan
on his father's authority, told that his grandfather reported the Prophet (ﷺ) said: A slave who has entered into an agreement to purchase his freedom is a slave as long as a…
2 3927 Hasan
On his father's authority, told that his grandfather reported the Prophet (ﷺ) said: If any slave entered into an agreement to buy his freedom for one hundred uqiyahs and he pays…
3 3928 Daif
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to us: If one of you has a slave, and he enters into an agreement to purchase his freedom, and can pay the full price, she must veil herself from…
4 3929 Sahih
Return to your people ; if you like that I make payment for the purchase of your freedom on your behalf and I shall have the right to inherit from you, I shall do so. Barirah…
5 3930 Sahih
Barirah came seeking my help to purchase her freedom. She said: I have arranged with my people to buy my freedom for nine 'uqiyahs: one to be paid annually. So help me. She…
6 3931 Hasan
Juwayriyyah, daughter of al-Harith ibn al-Mustaliq, fell to the lot of Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammas, or to her cousin. She entered into an agreement to purchase her freedom. She…
7 3932 Hasan
Safinah said: I was a slave of Umm Salamah, and she said: I shall emancipate you, but I stipulate that you must serve the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as long as you live. I said: Even…
8 3933 Sahih
On his father's authority (this is AbulWalid's version): A man emancipated a share in a slave and the matter was mentioned to the Prophet (ﷺ). He said: Allah has no partner.…
9 3934 Sahih
A man emancipated his share in a slave. The Prophet (ﷺ) allowed his (full) emancipation, and required him to pay the rest of his price.
10 3935 Sahih
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If a man emancipates a slave shared by him with another man, his emancipation rests with him (who emancipated his share). This is the version of Ibn Suwaid.
11 3936 Sahih
If anyone emancipates his share in a slave, he emancipates him (completely) by his property if he has property. The narrator Ibn al-Muthanna did not mention al-Nadr b. Anas. This…
12 3937 Sahih
If anyone emancipates a share in his slave, he should completely emancipate him if he has money; but if he has none, then slave will be required to work (to pay for his freedom),…
13 3938 Sahih
If anyone emancipates his share in a slave, he is to be completely emancipated by his money if he has money. But if he has no money, a fair price for the slave should be fixed,…
14 3939 Sahih
The tradition mentioned above by Rawh b. 'Ubadah from Sa'id b. Abu 'Arubah. In this version he did not mention the words "the slave should be required to work." If has also been…
15 3940 Sahih
If anyone emancipates his share in slave, a fair price for the slave should be fixed, give his partners their shares, and the slave be thus emancipated. Otherwise he is…
16 3941 Sahih
He will be emancipated to the extent of the share which he emancipated, and sometimes he did not say these words.
17 3942 Sahih Isnaad
I do not know whether the following words are part of the tradition of the Prophet (ﷺ) or Nafi' told them himself: "Otherwise he will be emancipated to the extent of the first…
18 3943 Sahih
If anyone emancipates his share in a slave, he should emancipate him completely if he has enough money to pay the full price ; but if he has none, he will be emancipated to the…
19 3944 Daif
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Ibn 'Umar from the Prophet (ﷺ) to the same effect as mentioned by Ibrahim b. Musa through a different chain.
20 3945 Sahih
The tradition mentioned above has also been narrated by Ibn 'Umar through a different chain of transmitters to the same effect as mentioned by Malik. In this version there is no…
21 3946 Sahih
If a man emancipates his share in a slave, the rest will be emancipated by his money if he has enough money to pay the full price for him.
22 3947 Sahih
If a man is shared by two men, and one of them emancipates his share, a price of the slave will be fixed, not more or less, and he will be emancipated by him in case he is rich.
23 3948 Daif Isnaad
On the authority of his father: A man emancipated his share in a slave. The Prophet (ﷺ) did not put the responsibility on him to emancipate the rest. Ahmad said: The name Ibn…
24 3949 Sahih
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: (The narrator Musa said in another place: From Samurah ibn Jundub as presumed by Hammad): If anyone gets possession of a relative who is within the…
25 3950 Daif Muquf
Qatadah reported Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) as saying: If anyone gets possession of a relative who is within the prohibited degrees, that person becomes…
26 3951 Sahih Maqtu
If anyone gets possession of a relative who is within the prohibited degrees, that person becomes free.
27 3952 Sahih Maqtu
The narrator sa'id retained te tradition more carefully than Hammad.
28 3953 Daif Isnaad
My uncle brought me (to Medina) in the pre-Islamic days. He sold me to al-Hubab ibn Amr, brother of AbulYusr ibn Amr. I bore a child, AbdurRahman ibn al-Hubab, to him and he…
29 3954 Sahih
We sold slave-mothers during the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and of AbuBakr. When Umar was in power, he forbade us and we stopped.
30 3955 Sahih
A man declared that his slave would be free after his death, but he had no other property. So the Prophet (ﷺ) ordered (to sell him). He was then sold for seven hundred or nine…
31 3956 Sahih Hadith
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: You are more entitled to his price, and Allah has no need of it.
32 3957 Sahih
A man of the Ansar called Abu Madhkur declared that his slave called Ya'qub would be free after his death, but he had no other property. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) called him…
33 3958 Sahih
A man who had no other property emancipated six slaves of his at the time of the death. When the Prophet (ﷺ) was informed about it, he spoke severely of him. He then called them,…
34 3959 Sahih
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Qilabah through a different chain of narrators on the authority of 'Imran b. Husain to the same effect. But in this…
35 3960 Sahih Isnaad
A man of the Ansar ... The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Had I been present before his burial, he would not have been buried in a Muslim cemetry.
36 3961 Sahih
A man emancipated six slaved at the time of his death and he had no other property. The Prophet (ﷺ) was informed about it. He cast lots among them, emancipated two and retained…
37 3962 Sahih
If anyone emancipates a slave who has property, the property of the slave belongs to him except that the master makes a stipulation.
38 3963 Sahih
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The child of adultery is worst of the three. Abu Hurairah said: That I give a flog in the path of Allah (as a charity) is dearer to me than emancipating…
39 3964 Daif
Al-Arif ibn ad-Daylami said: We went to Wathilah ibn al-Asqa and said to him: Tell us a tradition which has not addition or omission. He became angry and replied: One of you…
40 3965 Sahih
Along with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) we besieged the palace of at-Ta'if. The narrator, Mutadh, said: I heard my father (sometimes) say: "Palace of at-Ta'if," and (sometimes)…
41 3966 Sahih
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: If anyone emancipates a Muslim slave, that will be his ransom from Jahannam.
42 3967 Sahih
"If a man emancipates two Muslim women, they will be deliverance from Hell fire; two bones of their will be emancipation for each of his bone." Abu Dawud said: Salim did not…
43 3968 Daif
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: the similitude of a man who emancipates a slave at the time of his death is like that of a man who gives a present after satisfying his appetite.