300 hadith
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Any slave who runs away has removed himself from the protection of the covenant."
مسلم 229SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Any slave who runs away has removed himself from the protection of the covenant."
أحمد 19242SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When a slave runs away, the protection is lifted from him."
أحمد 19211SahihAny slave who flees from his masters and joins the enemy has made his own life forfeit.
النسائي 4061SahihWhen I came to the Prophet ﷺ, I said along the way, "What a night, with its length and its hardship, yet it brought escape from the land of unbelief." A slave of mine ran away on the journey. When I reached the Prophet ﷺ and gave him my…
البخاري 4393SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Any slave who runs away has forfeited the protection of the covenant."
أحمد 19155SahihI heard the Prophet ﷺ say, "When a slave flees to the land of polytheism, his blood becomes lawful."
أبو داود 4360SahihAn old man acted hastily and slapped a servant of his. Suwayd bin Muqarin said to him, "Could you find no part to strike but the noble of her face? I remember when I was one of seven brothers from the sons of Muqarin, and we had only a…
مسلم 4302SahihIf a slave flees to the land of polytheism, he has made his own blood lawful. Sharik would sometimes raise this report to the Prophet.
أحمد 19239SahihA man came crying out for help to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "It is about a slave-boy of mine, Messenger of Allah." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Woe to you, what is the matter?" He said, "Something terrible. He caught sight of his master's slave-girl,…
أبو داود 4519HasanThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever frees a Muslim man, Allah will redeem from the Fire one of his limbs for every limb of the freed man." Saeed bin Marjana said, "I went with this hadith to Ali bin Husayn, and Ali bin Husayn [[r3]] turned to a…
الأعظمي 6123SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever frees a Muslim man, Allah will rescue from the Fire a limb of his for every limb of the freed man." Saeed bin Marjana said, "I went with this hadith to Ali bin Husayn, and Ali bin Husayn turned to a slave of his…
الأعظمي 13723SahihWhen I came to the Prophet ﷺ, I said along the road, "What a night, with its length and hardship, Yet it brought escape from the land of disbelief." A slave of mine had run away from me on the road. When I reached the Prophet ﷺ, I pledged…
البخاري 2531SahihA man came to the Prophet ﷺ crying out for help. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him, "What is the matter with you?" He replied, "My master saw me kissing a slave girl of his, so he cut off my private parts." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Bring the…
الأعظمي 6859HasanThe Prophet ﷺ said, "If a slave runs away," and on another occasion he said, "If he steals, then sell him, even for a nashsh." A nashsh is half an uqiyyah.
أحمد 9030DaifThe Prophet ﷺ said, "There are three who will be given their reward twice. A man who had a slave-girl whom he disciplined and disciplined her well, taught her and taught her well, then freed her and married her. A slave who fulfilled the…
أحمد 19602SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever frees a believing slave, that slave will be his ransom from the Fire."
أحمد 22113DifficultThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Any man who frees a Muslim, Allah will deliver him from the Fire, limb for limb, for every limb of the freed person." Saeed bin Marjana said, "I went with this hadith to Ali bin Husayn, and Ali bin Husayn [[r3]] turned…
البخاري 2517SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever frees a believing slave, Allah will free, for every limb of the freed slave, a limb of the one who freed him from the Fire, so that a hand is freed for a hand, a leg for a leg, and a private part for…
أحمد 9441SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Any man who has a slave girl whom he educates well, raises with good manners, then frees her and marries her, will have two rewards. And any man from the People of the Book who believed in his prophet and…
الأعظمي 1216SahihHe 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…
ابن ماجه 2530DaifIbn Umar called for a slave-boy of his and noticed a mark on his back. He asked him, "Did I hurt you?" The boy replied, "No." Ibn Umar said, "Then you are free." He then picked up something from the ground and said, "I have no more reward…
مسلم 4299SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When a slave fulfills the right of Allah and the right of his masters, he has two rewards." Ali said, "I narrated these two hadiths to Kaab." Kaab replied, "There is no reckoning upon him, nor upon a believer…
أحمد 7428SahihI was with Ibn Umar when he called for a slave of his and set him free. Then he said, "I have no reward in this. It is not worth this much," or "it does not weigh this much. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever strikes a slave of…
أحمد 5267SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When a slave fulfills the right of Allah and the right of his masters, he receives a double reward." The narrator said, "I related this to Kaab, and Kaab said, 'There will be no reckoning against such a man,…
مسلم 4323SahihNarrate to us from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ but be cautious. He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever frees a Muslim man, it will be his ransom from the Fire, with every bone of the freed man redeeming a bone of his own.…
أحمد 18064DifficultI came to Ibn Umar after he had freed a slave. He picked up a stick or something from the ground and said, "There is not as much reward in it as this is worth, except that I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever slaps his slave or…
الأعظمي 6169SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Any man who has a slave-girl whom he teaches well, disciplines well, then frees and marries, will have a double reward. Any man from the People of the Book who believed in his prophet and then believed in me…
البخاري 5083SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Whoever frees a Muslim Raqaba, it will be his ransom from the Fire." Affan added in his version, "for every bone of the freed slave there will be a bone of his own." "Whoever lives to see one of his…
أحمد 19030HasanHe 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…
أحمد 15402DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If a slave steals, sell him, even for half an ounce of silver."
ابن ماجه 2589HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Any Muslim man who frees a Muslim, Allah will rescue, for every limb of the freed person, a limb of his from the Fire." He said, "When I heard this hadith from Abu Hurairah, I went and mentioned it to Ali bin…
مسلم 3798SahihThe 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…
مسلم 4334SahihHe said, "I came to Ibn Umar after he had freed a slave. He picked up a stick or something from the ground and said, 'There is no more reward in it than the value of this, except that I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Whoever slaps his…
الأعظمي 14006SahihA man from the Ansar named Abu Madhkur freed a slave of his named Yaqub through a deferred manumission. He then narrated the hadith with the same meaning as the hadith of Layth.
مسلم 2314SahihA man was beating his slave, and the slave began to say, "I seek refuge in Allah." The man kept beating him, so the slave said, "I seek refuge in the Messenger of Allah." At that, he stopped. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By Allah, Allah…
مسلم 4309SahihI came to Ibn Umar after he had freed a slave. He picked up a stick or something from the ground and said, "There is no more reward in it than this is worth, except that I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever slaps his slave or…
مسلم 4298SahihA 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…
أبو داود 3953DaifZinba 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.…
الأعظمي 10223HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When a slave obeys his Lord and his master, he has two rewards." When Abu Rafi was freed, he wept. He was asked, "What makes you weep?" He replied, "I had two rewards, and one of them is now gone."
أحمد 8537SahihI remember when there were seven of us brothers and we had only one servant girl. One of us slapped her, so the Prophet ﷺ commanded us to set her free.
الترمذي 1542SahihA group of men from the tribe of Bani Sulaym came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "Messenger of Allah, a companion of ours has made Hell incumbent upon himself." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Let him free a Muslim slave. For every…
أحمد 16010DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If a slave of any of you steals, let him sell him, even for half an ounce of silver."
أحمد 8439DaifA man said to Kaab bin Mura or Mura bin Kaab, "Narrate to us a hadith you heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. For your father's sake, be careful." He said, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Any man who frees a Muslim man, that freed…
أحمد 18061DifficultThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If a slave of any of you steals, let him sell him, even for half an ounce of silver."
أحمد 8671DaifThere 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…
أحمد 14987SahihA man was staying as a guest in the house of Suwayd bin Muqarin. He slapped a servant on the face. Suwayd became angry and said to him, "Could you not find anywhere to strike except the noblest part of his face? I have seen myself when we…
أحمد 23742SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Whoever inflicts on his slave a punishment prescribed for an offense the slave did not commit, or slaps him, his expiation is to set him free."
أحمد 5051SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Whoever frees a believing slave, Allah will free a limb of his from the Fire for every limb of the freed slave, even his private parts for the private parts."
مسلم 3797SahihWhoever comes to own a close blood relative, that relative is automatically freed.
أحمد 20167DifficultI slapped a slave belonging to us. My father summoned the slave and summoned me, then said, "Take retaliation against him. We, the family of Muqarrin, were seven brothers during the time of the Prophet ﷺ, and we had only one servant. One of…
أبو داود 5167SahihHe called a slave of his and freed him, then said, "I have no more reward from it than this," picking up something tiny from the ground. "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever slaps his slave, his expiation is to free him.'"
أحمد 4784SahihWe have preserved from thirty of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he said, "Whoever frees a share he owns in a slave is responsible for the remainder of him."
أحمد 16418DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever frees a slave, Allah will free from the Fire one of his limbs for every limb of the slave."
أحمد 9562SahihHis father had given him a young slave. The Prophet ﷺ asked him, "What is this slave?" He replied, "My father gave him to me." The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Have you given each of his brothers the same as you have given this one?" He answered,…
الأعظمي 5988SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivering a sermon, saying, "Whoever makes a contract with his slave to free him for one hundred ounces, and the slave pays all of it except ten ounces," or he said, "ten dirhams, and then is unable to pay…
الترمذي 1260HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever frees a Muslim slave, it will be his ransom from the Fire."
أحمد 17357DifficultThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Loyalty belongs only to the one who freed the slave."
الأعظمي 6143SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "How excellent it is for one of them to obey his Lord and fulfill the rights of his master," meaning the slave. Kaab said, "Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth."
الترمذي 1985SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever comes to own a close relative within the prohibited degrees of kinship, that relative is automatically freed."
أحمد 20227Difficult