The Divorce Performed By A Slave
Darussalam · Volume 3
10. The ChaptersOn DivorceSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
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Source no. 2081 · Volume 5 · Page 81
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2081. It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbās said: "A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, my master married me to his slave woman, and now he wants to separate me and her.' The Messenger of Allāh ascended the pulpit and said: 'O people, what is the matter with one of you who marries his slave to his slave woman, then wants to separate them? Divorce belongs to the one who takes hold of the calf (i.e., her husband).'" (Da'if)
2081 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَيُّوبَ الْغَافِقِيِّ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنَّ سَيِّدِي زَوَّجَنِي أَمَتَهُ، وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُفَرِّقَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهَا، قَالَ: فَصَعِدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمِنْبَرَ، فَقَالَ: «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، مَا بَالُ أَحَدِكُمْ يُزَوِّجُ عَبْدَهُ أَمَتَهُ، ثُمَّ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُفَرِّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا، إِنَّمَا الطَّلَاقُ لِمَنْ أَخَذَ بِالسَّاقِ»
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A slave needs his master's permission to get married, but once a slave is married, the master has no authority to cancel the marriage. Divorcing is a husband's right, whether he is free or is a slave. None has the right to force him to separate from his wife.