Mudabbar slave sale

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

A man freed a slave of his to take effect after his own death. The Prophet ﷺ called for the slave and sold him.

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

A man among us freed a slave of his to take effect after his death, so the Prophet ﷺ sent for him and sold the slave. Jabir said, the boy died the previous year.

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

A man died leaving behind a slave whose freedom had been promised after his master's death (a mudabbar) and also leaving behind a debt. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered them to sell the slave to settle his debt, and they sold him for eight…

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

A man from among us declared that his slave would be freed upon his death, and he had no other property besides him. So the Prophet ﷺ sold him, and Ibn al-Nahham, a man from Banu Adi, bought him.

Abu Darda reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The one who frees a slave at the time of death is like the one who gives a gift only after he has eaten his fill."

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

A man from the Ansar freed a slave of his on condition that he would become free upon the master's death, and he had no other property besides him. Word of this reached the Prophet ﷺ, who said, "Who will buy him from me?" Naeem bin Abdullah…

Abu Darda reported,

He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'The one who frees a slave at the time of death is like the one who gives a gift only after he has eaten his fill.'"

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever sells a slave who possesses wealth, his wealth belongs to him and his debt is upon him, unless the buyer stipulates otherwise." Abdullah said, "Up to this point I found it in my father's book, and the…

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

A man designated his slave as a mudabbar, meaning the slave would be freed upon his master's death, but the master was in debt. So the Prophet ﷺ sold the slave to settle his master's debt.

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

A man freed a slave of his to take effect after his death. The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Who will buy him from me?" Naeem bin Abdullah bought him, and the Prophet ﷺ took the payment and handed it over to the man.

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

It reached the Prophet ﷺ that one of his companions had freed a slave of his to take effect after his death, and he had no other property besides him. So the Prophet ﷺ sold the slave for eight hundred dirhams and then sent the proceeds to…

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

A man from the Ansar declared that his slave would be freed upon his death, and he had no other property besides him. News of this reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who said, "Who will buy him from me?" Naeem bin Naham bought him for eight…

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

...bin Abdullah. Abdullah bin Hashim also narrated to me, saying that Yahya, meaning Ibn Saeed, reported from Husayn bin Zakwan the teacher, who said that Ata narrated to him from Jabir. Abu Ghassan Masmai likewise narrated to me, saying…

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

A man from the Ansar declared that a slave of his would be freed upon his death, but he had no property other than that slave. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sold him. Jabir said, "Ibn al-Nahham bought him. He was a Coptic slave who died in…

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

Word reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that one of his companions had freed a slave of his to take effect upon his death, and the man had no property other than him. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sold the slave for eight hundred and handed the…

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

A man freed a slave of his to take effect after his death, but then he became in need. The Prophet ﷺ took the slave and asked, "Who will buy him from me?" Naeem bin Abdullah bought him for such and such a price, and the Prophet ﷺ handed him…

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

A man from the Ansar freed a slave of his by a deferred manumission, having no other wealth besides him. News of this reached the Prophet ﷺ, who asked, "Who will buy him from me?" Naeem bin Abdullah bought him for eight hundred dirhams, and…

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

A man had freed a slave of his to take effect after his death, but then he fell into need. The Prophet ﷺ took the slave and asked, "Who will buy him from me?" Naeem bin Abdullah bought him for such-and-such a price, and the Prophet handed…

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

A man freed a slave of his by tadbir, meaning the slave would become free upon the man's death, and he had no other property besides him. So the Prophet ﷺ ordered that the slave be sold, and he was sold for seven hundred, or nine hundred.

Abdullah bin Amr bin As reported,

Zinba al-Judhami had a slave named Sandar. Zinba found him kissing one of his slave-girls, so he castrated him and cut off his nose. Sandar went to the Prophet ﷺ, who summoned Zinba and said, "Do not burden them with what they cannot bear.…

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

A man from the Ansar made his slave a mudabbar, meaning the slave would be freed upon his master's death, and he owned no other property besides him. When this reached the Prophet ﷺ, he asked, "Who will buy him from me?" Naeem bin Naham…

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

A man from the Ansar declared his slave to be freed upon his death, but he died leaving no wealth besides this slave. So the Prophet ﷺ sold the slave, and Naeem bin Abdullah bin Nahham purchased him. Jabir said, "He was a Coptic slave who…

Abdullah bin Umar reported,

Umar bin Khattab said, "Any slave woman who bears a child by her master may not be sold by him, nor given away, nor passed on as inheritance. He may enjoy her, but when he dies she is free."

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

A man during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ freed a slave of his upon his own death, although he owned no other property besides him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Who will buy him from me?" Naeem bin Abdullah said, "I will buy…

Salaama bint Maqil reported,

A woman from the Kharijah branch of Qays Aylan said, "My uncle brought me to Madinah during the days of ignorance and sold me to Hubab bin Amr, the brother of Abu Yusr bin Amr. I bore him a son, Abdul-Rahman bin Hubab, and then he died. His…

Umar bin Khattab reported,

Whoever sells a slave who owns property, that property belongs to the seller unless the buyer stipulates otherwise.

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

There was a man from the tribe of Banu Udhrah named Abu Madhkur who had a Coptic slave whom he freed contingent upon his own death. The man was in need, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you is in need, let him begin with…

Malik reported,

Umar bin Abdul-Aziz ruled concerning a slave whose freedom had been deferred until his master's death that, if he wounds someone, his master may hand over to the wounded man the share of him that he owns. The wounded man then has him serve…

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

Abu Madhkur freed a slave of his named Yaqub al-Qibti through a deferred manumission arrangement (Dabar Fabalagh). Word of this reached the Prophet ﷺ, and he asked, "Does he have any wealth besides this slave?" The people replied, "No." The…

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

A man from the Ansar freed a slave of his by tadbir, meaning the slave would become free upon his master's death. The man was in need and burdened with debt, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sold the slave for eight hundred dirhams, then handed…

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

A man from the Ansar named Abu Madhkur freed a slave of his named Yaqub by way of tadbir, meaning the slave would be freed upon his master's death, and he had no other property besides him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ summoned the slave and…

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

A man freed a slave who was his only property, so the Prophet ﷺ returned the manumission, and Naeem bin Naham bought the slave from him.

Abdullah bin Umar reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever comes to own a close relative within the prohibited degrees of kinship, that relative is set free."

Samura reported,

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever comes to own a close relative within the prohibited degrees of kinship, that relative is automatically freed."

Imran bin Husayn reported,

A man freed six of his slaves at the time of his death. His heirs, who were Bedouins, came and informed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ of what he had done. He asked, "Did he really do that?" Then he said, "Had we known, by Allah's will, we would…

Samura reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever comes to own a close relative within the prohibited degrees of kinship, that relative is automatically freed."

Abu Hurairah reported,

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever frees a share that he owns in a slave must secure the slave's full freedom from his own wealth, if he has wealth. If he has no wealth, the slave is to work to earn his freedom, without being overburdened." In…

Abdullah bin Abbas reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Any man whose slave woman bears him a child, she is freed upon his death."

Abdullah bin Umar reported,

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever frees his share in a slave must complete the freeing of what remains from his own wealth, if he has wealth sufficient to cover the price of the slave."

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

A man freed a slave he owned, and that slave was the only one he had. The Prophet ﷺ returned the slave to him, and Naeem bin Naham then purchased him from him.

Samura reported,

Whoever comes to own a close blood relative, that relative is automatically freed.

Khalid bin Usayd bin Abu As reported,

He said, they had a slave called Tahman, or Zakwan, and his grandfather freed half of him. The slave came to the Prophet ﷺ, and the Prophet ﷺ said, "You are free in proportion to the part of you that has been freed, and you remain a slave…

Abdullah bin Umar reported,

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever frees his share in a slave, the remaining portion shall also be freed from his wealth, provided he has enough to cover the price of the slave."

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

A man from the Ansar known as Abu Madhkur freed a slave of his named Yaqub, granting him freedom upon his own death, and he had no other property besides him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called for the slave and said, "Who will buy him? Who…

Abdullah bin Umar reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever frees a slave who possesses wealth, the slave's wealth belongs to him, unless the master stipulates otherwise."

Abu Hurairah reported,

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever owns a share in a slave and frees his portion of him must secure the slave's complete freedom if he has the means to do so. If he has no wealth, then the slave is to work to earn the price of his remaining…

Abdullah bin Umar reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever frees a slave who has wealth, the slave's wealth belongs to him, unless the master stipulates the wealth for himself, in which case it belongs to the master." Ibn Lahiah said, "Unless the master makes…

Abdullah bin Umar reported,

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Whenever a slave is jointly owned by two partners and one of them frees his share, the slave is to be valued at a fair price against the wealth of the one who freed him. If his wealth is sufficient to…

Abu Hurairah reported,

A man had six slaves whom he freed at the time of his death. The Prophet ﷺ cast lots between them, freeing two of them and keeping four in slavery.

Abdullah bin Abbas reported,

Whoever has a child by his slave woman, she becomes free upon his death, or he said, after him.

Imran bin Husayn reported,

A man had six slaves and no other property, and he set them all free upon his death. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ divided them into three groups, freed two by lot, and kept the other four in slavery.

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

The Prophet ﷺ sold a mudabbar slave, and Ibn Nahham bought him. He was a Coptic slave who died in the first year of Ibn Zubayr's rule. A man from the Ansar had made him a mudabbar, and he owned no other property besides him.

Abu Hurairah reported,

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever frees his share of a jointly-owned slave is responsible for completing the slave's freedom from his own wealth. If he has no wealth, the slave is to be valued at a fair price, and the slave is then required to…

Malik reported,

Urwa bin Zubayr and Sulayman bin Yasar were both asked about a man who made a contract of manumission covering himself and his sons and then died. Should the sons of such a man work to pay off their father's contract, or are they slaves?…

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Abdullah bin Umar reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever frees a slave who possesses wealth, the slave's wealth belongs to him, unless the master stipulates that the wealth be his, in which case it belongs to the master."

Samura reported,

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever comes to own a close relative within the prohibited degrees of kinship, that relative is automatically free."

Abdullah bin Masud reported,

He said to him, "Umayr, I have freed you with a pleasant emancipation. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever frees a slave without specifying his property, the property belongs to him.' So tell me, what is your property?" Muhammad…

Abu Hurairah reported,

A man freed a share he owned in a slave, and the Prophet ﷺ upheld the emancipation and required him to pay the remaining value of the slave.

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

Abu Madhkur freed a slave of his named Yaqub through a deferred manumission, and he had no other property besides him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called for the slave and asked, "Who will buy him?" Naeem bin Abdullah bin Nahham bought him for…