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What Has Been Related About Buying A Slave In Exchange For Two Slaves

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Darussalam · Volume 3

12. The Chapters On Business From The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ

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الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 519

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1239. Jābir narrated: "A slave came to give the pledge to the Prophet ﷺ for Hijrah, but the Prophet ﷺ did not realize that he was a slave. So his master came to get him and the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Sell him to me.' So he purchased him for two black slaves. Then he would not take the pledge from anyone until he asked him if he was a slave." (Sahih) [He said:] There is something on this topic from Anas. [Abū 'Eisā said:] The Hadith of Jābir is a Hasan Sahih Hadith. This is acted upon according to the people of knowledge. There is no harm in a slave for two slaves in a hand to hand exchange, but they differ when it is on credit.

Arabic text

١٢٣٩ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا ‌اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ ‌جَابِرٍ قَالَ: «جَاءَ عَبْدٌ» فَبَايَعَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى الْهِجْرَةِ، وَلَا يَشْعُرُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ عَبْدٌ، فَجَاءَ سَيِّدُهُ يُرِيدُهُ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: بِعْنِيهِ. فَاشْتَرَاهُ بِعَبْدَيْنِ أَسْوَدَيْنِ، ثُمَّ لَمْ يُبَايِعْ أَحَدًا بَعْدُ حَتَّى يَسْأَلَهُ: أَعَبْدٌ هُوَ؟ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ. حَدِيثُ جَابِرٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ؛ أَنَّهُ لَا بَأْسَ بِعَبْدٍ بِعَبْدَيْنِ يَدًا بِيَدٍ، وَاخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ إِذَا كَانَ نَسِيئًا.

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