Mishkat
al-Masabih

مشكاة المصابيح

14

Emancipation

كتاب العتق

 

Chapter 1a: Emancipating a Slave who is jointly owned, buying a relative, and emancipating during an illness - Section 1

باب إعتاق العبد المشترك وشراء القريب والعتق في المرض - الفصل الأول

Mishkat al-Masabih 3391

Abu Huraira reported God's Messenger as saying, “A son does not repay what he owes his father unless he buys him and emancipates him if he finds him in slavery.” Muslim transmitted it.

وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا يَجْزِي وَلَدٌ وَالِده إِلَّا أَن يجده مَمْلُوكا فيشتر بِهِ فيعتقه» . رَوَاهُ مُسلم