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Emancipation

Hadith 3449

Chapter: Emancipation of a Shared Slave, Purchasing a Relative, and Emancipation During Illness

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Emancipation

Chapter: Emancipation of a Shared Slave, Purchasing a Relative, and Emancipation During Illness

Zujajat al-Masabih 3449Volume 2

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Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “If a man’s slave woman bears his child, she is freed at his death or after.” [Narrated by Ad-Darimi] Ibn Majah and Ad-Daraqutni narrated from him (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Umm Ibrahim was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he said: “Her child freed her.”
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Commentary and footnotes (1)

Note 1

If a man’s slave woman bears, etc.

(1) The statement: “If a man’s slave woman bears, etc.”: For this reason, it is stated in the commentary of Al-Wiqayah and Al-Mirqat: A slave woman who bears a child from her master or husband, if owned by him, becomes an umm walad. Her ruling is like a promised slave, except she is freed upon the master’s death from all his wealth, and she does not work for his debt. This is the view of the majority of Companions, Successors, and jurists.