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1410. Abū Hurairah narrated: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ judged that a Ghurrah male slave or female slave be given in the case of a fetus. The one the judgement was made against said: 'Should we give something for one who did not drink, nor eat, nor cry out to shed a tear, the likes of which is useless?' So the Prophet ﷺ said: 'This is the speech of a poet. Rather it requires a Ghurrah: a male slave or a female slave.'" (Sahih)
There are narrations on this topic from [Ḥamal] bin Mālik bin An-Nābighah [and Al-Mughīrah bin Shu'bah].
[Abū 'Eisā said:] The Hadīth of Abū Hurairah is a Ḥasan Sahīh Hadīth. This is acted upon according to the people of knowledge. Some of them said that Al-Ghurrah is a male or female slave, or five hundred Dirham. Some of them said it could also be a horse or a mule.
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The word 'Ghurrah' is used for every nice thing. The literal meaning of Ghurrah is 'white spot on the forehead of a horse' here it means a male or female slave. This word is usually used for horses and mules but here it means to free a slave or a slave woman as the punishment of purposeful abortion.
