49 Manumission of Slaves
Volume no 3
Hadith Number 2550
Chapter: 17 It is dislike to look down upon a slave
Narrated `Abdullah: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “If a slave serves his Saiyid (i.e. master) sincerely and worships his Lord (Allah) perfectly, he will get a double reward.”
Hadith Number 2551
Narrated Abu Musa: The Prophet (PBUH) said, “The Mamluk (slave) who worships his Lord in a perfect manner, and is dutiful, sincere and obedient to his Saiyid (master), will get a double reward.”
Hadith Number 2552
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (PBUH) said, “You should not say, ‘Feed your lord (Rabbaka), help your lord in performing ablution, or give water to your lord, but should say, ‘my master (e.g. Feed your master instead of lord etc.) (Saiyidi), or my guardian (Maulai), and one should not say, my slave (Abdi), or my girl-slave (Amati), but should say, my lad (Fatai), my lass (Fatati), and ‘my boy (Ghulami).
Hadith Number 2553
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “If one manumits his share of a common slave (Abd), and he has money sufficient to free the remaining portion of the price of the slave (justly estimated), then he should free the slave completely by paying the rest of his price; otherwise the slave is freed partly. “
Hadith Number 2554
Narrated `Abdullah: Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) said, “Everyone of you is a guardian and is responsible for his charges. The ruler who has authority over people, is a guardian and is responsible for them, a man is a guardian of his family and is responsible for them; a woman is a guardian of her husband’s house and children and is responsible for them; a slave (‘Abu) is a guardian of his master’s property and is responsible for it; so all of you are guardians and are responsible for your charges.”
Hadith Number 2555
Narrated Abu Huraira and Zaid bin Khalid: The Prophet (PBUH) said, “If a slave-girl (Ama) commits illegal sexual intercourse, scourge her; if she does it again, scourge her again; if she repeats it, scourge her again.” The narrator added that on the third or the fourth offense, the Prophet (PBUH) said, “Sell her even for a hair rope.”
(2555 and 2556 are similar)
Hadith Number 2557
Chapter: 18 When your servant brings your meal to you?
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (PBUH) said, “When your servant brings your meals to you then if he does not let him sit and share the meals, then he should at least give him a mouthful or two mouthfuls of that meal or a meal or two meals, as he has prepared it.”
Hadith Number 2558
Chapter: 19 The slave is a guardian of the property of his master.
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: That he heard Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) saying, “Everyone of you is a guardian and is responsible for his charge; the ruler is a guardian and is responsible for his subjects; the man is a guardian in his family and responsible for his charges; a woman is a guardian of her husband’s house and responsible for her charges; and the servant is a guardian of his master’s property and is responsible for his charge.” I definitely heard the above from the Prophet (PBUH) and think that the Prophet (PBUH) also said, “A man is a guardian of his father’s property and responsible for his charges; so everyone of you is a guardian and responsible for his charges.”
Hadith Number 2559
Chapter: 20 If somebody beats a slave, he should avoid his face.
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (PBUH) said, “If somebody fights (or beats somebody) then he should avoid the face.”