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Muwatta 1477 · Book 38

Muwatta Malik, 1477

Setting Free and Wala'

Sahih (authentic)by Salim al-Hilali

حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم سُئِلَ عَنِ الرِّقَابِ أَيُّهَا أَفْضَلُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ أَغْلاَهَا ثَمَنًا وَأَنْفَسُهَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Malik related to me from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father from A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was asked what was the most excellent kind of slave to free. The Messenger of Allah, May Allah bless him and grant him peace, answered, "The most expensive and the most valuable to his master
EN
Aicha, que Allah l'agrée l'épouse du Prophète (Sur lui la grâce et la paix d'Allah) r a rapporté qu'on demanda à l'Envoyé d'Allah (salallahou alayhi wa salam) r (Sur lui la grâce et la paix d'Allah) lequel des esclaves, est-il préférable de libérer»? Il répondit: «Celui qui est le plus coûteux, et que son maître veut le plus retenir». (......) 16 - Nafe' a rapporté que Abdallah Ibn Omar a libéré un adultérin et sa mère esclave». Chapitre X Le droit d'accorder le patronage à celui qui fait l'affranchissement
FR · French translation supplied by the source (hadith-api), not proofread.

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Salim al-Hilali
Sahih

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