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Selling A Mukâtib[1]

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Darussalam · Volume 5

44. The Book Of Financial Transactions

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الحديث: 4656 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 305

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English translation

4659. It was narrated from 'Aîshah that Barîrah came to 'Aîshah asking her to help her with her contract of manumission. 'Aishah said: "Go back to your masters, and if they agree to let me pay off your contract of manumission, and let your loyalty be to me, then I will do it." Barīrah told her masters about that, but they refused and said: "If she wants to seek reward (with Allāh) by freeing you, let her do so, but your loyalty will be to us." She told the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ about that, and the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to her: "Buy her and set her free, and loyalty belongs to the one who set the slave free." Then the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "What is the matter with people who stipulate conditions that are not in the Book of Allāh? Whoever stipulates something that is not in the Book of Allāh, it is not valid even if he stipulates one hundred conditions. The condition of Allāh is more deserving of being followed and is more binding." (Sahīh)

Arabic text

4656 - أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي رِجَالٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ، مِنْهُمْ يُونُسُ، وَاللَّيْثُ، أَنَّ ابْنَ شِهَابٍ أَخْبَرَهُمْ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ: جَاءَتْ بَرِيرَةُ إِلَيَّ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا عَائِشَةُ، إِنِّي كَاتَبْتُ أَهْلِي عَلَى تِسْعِ أَوَاقٍ فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ أُوقِيَّةٌ فَأَعِينِينِي، وَلَمْ تَكُنْ قَضَتْ مِنْ كِتَابَتِهَا شَيْئًا، فَقَالَتْ لَهَا عَائِشَةُ وَنَفِسَتْ فِيهَا: ارْجِعِي إِلَى أَهْلِكِ، فَإِنْ أَحَبُّوا أَنْ أُعْطِيَهُمْ ذَلِكَ جَمِيعًا، وَيَكُونَ وَلَاؤُكِ لِي، فَعَلْتُ، فَذَهَبَتْ بَرِيرَةُ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا، فَعَرَضَتْ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَأَبَوْا وَقَالُوا: إِنْ شَاءَتْ أَنْ تَحْتَسِبَ عَلَيْكِ فَلْتَفْعَلْ، وَيَكُونَ ذَلِكِ لَنَا، فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ عَائِشَةُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: «لَا يَمْنَعُكِ ذَلِكِ مِنْهَا، ابْتَاعِي وَأَعْتِقِي، فَإِنَّ الْوَلَاءَ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ» فَفَعَلَتْ، وَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي النَّاسِ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «أَمَّا بَعْدُ، فَمَا بَالُ النَّاسِ يَشْتَرِطُونَ شُرُوطًا لَيْسَتْ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ، مَنِ اشْتَرَطَ شَرْطًا لَيْسَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَهُوَ بَاطِلٌ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مِائَةَ شَرْطٍ، قَضَاءُ اللَّهِ أَحَقُّ، وَشَرْطُ اللَّهِ أَوْثَقُ، وَإِنَّمَا الْوَلَاءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ»

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    [1] Mukâtib: A slave who has writ of manumission to buy his freedom from his master.

Commentary

This narration has preceded in Hadīth 3481. Here, matter worth exploring is: Could a Mukātab slave be sold? Mukātab is a slave whose owner makes a settlement with him that if he pays this much sūm of money in so many installments (or full payment at one go), over a stretch of time, he would gain freedom. Apparently, it is an agreement which cannot be breached.