A Slave's Earnings Belong To His Guarantor[1]
Darussalam · Volume 3
12. The Chapters On Business TransactionsSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
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Source no. 2243 · Volume 5 · Page 243
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حسن، الإرواء (١٣١٥) ، أحاديث البيوع
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2243. It was narrated from 'Aishah that a man bought a slave and put him to work, then he found some defect in him, so he returned him. He (the seller) said: "O Messenger of Allâh, he put my slave to work." The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ said: "A slave's earnings belong to his guarantor." (Da'if)
2243 - حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الزَّنْجِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا اشْتَرَى عَبْدًا فَاسْتَغَلَّهُ، ثُمَّ وَجَدَ بِهِ عَيْبًا، فَرَدَّهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ قَدِ اسْتَغَلَّ غُلَامِي، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «الْخَرَاجُ بِالضَّمَانِ»
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[1] i.e., his master who put him to work at the time he earned that income.
If something is bought which brings in income, and then it is returned, the buyer will not give anything in return to the seller along with the commodity for the number of days he kept it and benefited from it. Only the milking animal is exempt from this rule; a Sā' of dates will be given in return along with the animal. If the animal dies while in the charge of the buyer; or anything else goes to waste or is destroyed, then the buyer will bear this loss. If the buyer gets an income from it, he deserves it. The buyer will not return the income earned from that item when returning it to the seller.