Choosing Which Of The Two Married Slaves To Free First
Darussalam · Volume 4
27. The Book Of DivorceSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 3446 ¦ الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 161
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ضعيف، ابن ماجة (٢٥٣٢)
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(ضعيف - ابن ماجه ٢٥٣٢) (٣).
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3476. It was narrated that Al-Qāsim bin Muḥammad said: "Āishah had a male slave and a female slave. She said: 'I wanted to set them free, and I mentioned that to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. He said: Start with the male slave before the female slave.'" (Ḥasan)
3446 - أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مَوْهَبٍ، عَنْ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: كَانَ لِعَائِشَةَ، غُلَامٌ وَجَارِيَةٌ، قَالَتْ: فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أُعْتِقَهُمَا، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: «ابْدَئِي بِالْغُلَامِ قَبْلَ الْجَارِيَةِ»
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Emancipation enhances the status. Therefore, if a married slave woman is freed, and her husband is still a slave, the woman shall have the right to decide whether she would like to remain in the wedlock of a slave or not. If the husband is, however, a free man, the woman does not acquire this right after being freed. That is why Allāh's Messenger ﷺ had commanded her to set the husband free first, so that the woman might not terminate the marriage. Breaking the tie of marriage becomes the cause of many evils.