Hadith 2553

It is disliked to look down upon a slave or to say, "My slave" or "My slave-girl."

English source

Darussalam · Volume 3

49 - THE BOOK OF MANUMISSION

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 2553 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 150

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English translation

2553. Narrated Ibn 'Umar رضي الله عنهما: The Prophet ﷺ said, "If one manumits his (1) (Ch. 17) This chapter recommends that one should not call his slave a slave; yet the word is used by Allāh and His Messenger on many occasions. In this chapter the male slave is called Abd in Arabic; the female slave Ama; the master Saiyid; or Rabb. The slave is also called Mamlūk, and the female slave Fatāt. share of a common slave ('Abd'), and he has money sufficient to free the remaining portion of the price of the slave (justly estimated), then he should free the slave completely by paying the rest of his price; otherwise the slave is freed partly."

Arabic text

2553 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ أَعْتَقَ نَصِيبًا لَهُ مِنَ العَبْدِ، فَكَانَ لَهُ مِنَ المَالِ مَا يَبْلُغُ قِيمَتَهُ، يُقَوَّمُ عَلَيْهِ قِيمَةَ عَدْلٍ، وَأُعْتِقَ مِنْ مَالِهِ، وَإِلَّا فَقَدْ عَتَقَ مِنْهُ»

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