Muwatta Malik: Book 38, Hadith 1 Malik related to me from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,said, “If a man frees his share of a slave and has enough money to cover the full price of the slave justly evaluated for him, he […]
Muwatta Malik is one of the earliest and most respected collections of hadith and Islamic jurisprudence, compiled by Imam Malik ibn Anas. It combines the sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) with the practices of the people of Madinah, serving as a foundational text for Maliki fiqh and Islamic legal tradition.
Book 38, Setting Free and Wala, discusses manumission of slaves and associated legal matters.
Muwatta Malik: Book 38, Hadith 2 Malik said, “The generally agreed-on way of doing things among us in the case of slave whose master makes a bequest to free part of him – a third, a fourth, a half, or any share after his death, is that only the portion of him is freed that […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 38, Hadith 3 Malik said, “A master who frees a slave of his and settles his emancipation so that his testimony is permitted, his inviolability complete, and his right to inherit confirmed, cannot impose stipulations on him like what he imposes on a slave about property or service, nor get him to […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 38, Hadith 4 Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said and somebody else from al-Hasan ibn Abi al-Hasan al-Basri and from Muhammad ibn Sirin that a man in the time of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, freed six of his slaves while he was […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 38, Hadith 5 Malik related to me from Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman that a man in the time of Aban ibn Uthman’s amirate freed all of his slaves and did not have other property than them. Aban ibn Uthman took charge of the slaves and they were divided into three groups. […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 38, Hadith 6 Malik related to me that he heard Ibn Shihab say, “The precedent of the sunna is that when a slave is freed, his property follows him.” Malik said, “One thing which makes clear that the property of a slave follows him when he is freed is that when the […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 38, Hadith 7 Malik related to me from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that Umar ibn al-Khattab said, “If a slave-girl gives birth to a child by her master, he must not sell her, give her away, or bequeath her. He enjoys her and when he dies she is free .” حَدَّثَنِي […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 38, Hadith 8 Malik related to me that he had heard that a slave-girl came to Umar ibn al-Khattab (who had been beaten by her master with a red hot iron) and he set her free. Malik said, “The generally agreed- on way of doing things among us is that a man […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 38, Hadith 9 Malik related to me from Hilal ibn Usama from Ata ibn Yasar that Umar ibn al-Hakam said, “I went to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, a slave girl of mine was tending my sheep. I came to […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 38, Hadith 10 Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Utba ibn Masud that one of the Ansar came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, with a black slave- girl of his. He said, “Messenger of Allah, I must set […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 38, Hadith 11 Malik related to me that he had heard that al-Maqburi said that Abu Hurayra was asked whether a man who had to free a slave, could free an illegitimate child to fulfil that obligation. Abu Hurayra said, “Yes. That will give satisfaction for him.” وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ عَنِ […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 38, Hadith 12 Malik related to me that he had heard that Fadala ibn Ubayd al- Ansari who was one of the companions of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was asked whether it was permissible for a man who had to free a slave to […]