Hadith on slaves and freedom
221 narrations on slaves and freedom, in 11 books of the collections, from Sahih al-Bukhari on. Each in Arabic and English, with its chain and its grading.
A few of them
Sahih al-Bukhari 2517SahihThe Prophet said, “Whoever frees a Muslim slave, Allah will save all the parts of his body from the (Hell) Fire as he has freed the body-parts of the slave.” Said ibn Marjana said that he narrated that Hadith to Ali ibn al-Husain and he freed his slave for…Sahih al-Bukhari 2562SahihAishah wanted to buy a slave-girl in order to manumit her. The girl’s masters stipulated that her Wala would be for them. The Messenger of Allah said (to Aishah, “What they stipulate should not stop you, for the Wala is for the liberator.”Sahih Muslim 1501aSahihIbn Umar reported the Messenger of Allah as saying: If anyone emancipates his share ina slave and has enough money to pay the full price for him, a fair price for the slave should be fixed, his partners given their shares, and the slave be thus emancipated…Sunan Abi Dawud 3926HasanOn his father’s authority, told that his grandfather reported the Prophet said: A slave who has entered into an agreement to purchase his freedom is a slave as long as a dirham of the agreed price remains to be paid.Sunan Ibn Majah 2513Sahih“A man among us promised freedom to a slave after his death, and he did not have any property other than him (this slave). So the Prophet sold him, and Ibn (Nahham), a man from Banu Adi, bought him.”Muwatta Malik 1464SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “If a man frees his share of a slave and has enough money to cover the full price of the slave justly evaluated for him, he must buy out his partners so that the slave is completely freed.…Muwatta Malik 1489SahihAbdullah ibn Umar said, “A mukatab is a slave as long as any of his kitaba remains to be paid.”Muwatta Malik 1498SahihSaid ibn al-Musayyab used to say, “When a man makes his slave-girl mudabbara, he can have intercourse with her. He cannot sell her or give her away and her children are in the same position as her.”
Every book on slaves and freedom
Each one opens with all of its narrations.
49Manumission of SlavesSahih al-Bukhari, 41 hadith50MakaatibSahih al-Bukhari, 6 hadith20The Book of Emancipating SlavesSahih Muslim, 30 hadith31The Book of Manumission of SlavesSunan Abi Dawud, 43 hadith19The Chapters on Manumission (of Slaves)Sunan Ibn Majah, 20 hadith38Setting Free and Wala'Muwatta Malik, 25 hadith39The MukatabMuwatta Malik, 7 hadith40The MudabbarMuwatta Malik, 3 hadith15EmancipationBulugh al-Maram, 20 hadith3Mawlas (Clients of Manumission)Al-Adab Al-Mufrad, 2 hadith15EmancipationMishkat al-Masabih, 24 hadith