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Qur’an
Allah has declared:
“Worship Allah, and
ascribe nothing as
partner unto Him.
And be kind to par-
ents, and to near
family, and orphans,
and the poor, and to
the neighbour who is
a relation, and the
neighbour who is not,
and the wayfarer, and
those whom your
right hands possess
(ie. slaves as well as
servants).”
Hadith
Our beloved Prophet
Muhammad said:
“Your slaves are your
brethren, whom Allah
has set in your
charge. Whoever has
his own brother in his
charge must feed him
with the food which
he eats himself, and
clothe him with the
clothes which he
wears himself, and
must not set him
excessively
hard
tasks. In the latter
case you must help
him yourself.”
☺ ☺
Comments
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AN IMPORTANT
POINT TO
REMEMBER
Islamic civi l isat ion has never known the kind of
slavery practiced until recently in the West, whereby
vast numbers of people were enslaved and forced to
work on plantations and in mines. The Muslim world
has, however, recognised a form of domestic slav-
ery, in which prisoners taken in battle only are inden-
tured to work in private homes, subject to the strict
regulations laid down in the sacred law. Through the
process known as
rnukatabah
, such slaves are able
to save money to buy their freedom, with the assis-
tance of
Zakat
funds. The function of slavery, then,
(and even the word ‘slavery’ may not be entirely
accurate) in Islamic law is to integrate prisoners of
war into society, and to allow them access to the
teachings of Islam in which their true liberation con-
sists.
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Answer the following question.
PC
Why must a Muslim treat his ser-
vants and workers with respect ?
State five reasons.
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