Sunan Abi Dawud
The Book of Manumission of Slaves
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 prohibited degrees, that person becomes free. AbuDawud said: A similar...
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Book of Manumission of Slaves
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 free.
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Book of Manumission of Slaves
If anyone gets possession of a relative who is within the prohibited degrees, that person becomes free.
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Book of Manumission of Slaves
The narrator sa'id retained te tradition more carefully than Hammad.
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Book of Manumission of Slaves
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 (al-Hubab) then died. Thereupon his wife said:...
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Book of Manumission of Slaves
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.
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Book of Manumission of Slaves
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 hundred (dirhams).
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Book of Manumission of Slaves
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: You are more entitled to his price, and Allah has no need of it.
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Book of Manumission of Slaves
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 and said: Who will buy him...
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Book of Manumission of Slaves
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, divided them into three sections,...
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Book of Manumission of Slaves
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 version he did not mention "He spoke severely of...
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Book of Manumission of Slaves
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.
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Book of Manumission of Slaves
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 four in slavery.
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Book of Manumission of Slaves
If anyone emancipates a slave who has property, the property of the slave belongs to him except that the master makes a stipulation.
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Book of Manumission of Slaves
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 a child of adultery.
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Book of Manumission of Slaves
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 recites when his copy of a Qur'an is...
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Book of Manumission of Slaves
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) "Fort of at-Ta'if," which are the same. I heard the Messenger of...
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Book of Manumission of Slaves
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: If anyone emancipates a Muslim slave, that will be his ransom from Jahannam.
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Book of Manumission of Slaves
"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 hear (traditions) from Shurahbil. Shurahbil died at Siffin.
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Book of Manumission of Slaves
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.