Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 3389

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Mishkat al-Masabih 3389
Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شِقْصًا فِي عَبْدٍ أُعْتِقَ كُلُّهُ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ اسْتَسْعَى الْبعد غير مشقوق عَلَيْهِ»

Translation

Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of God said: ‘Whoever emancipates a share in a slave, the whole slave is emancipated if the person has property. If not, the slave is required to work, without being overburdened.’

Translation notes

  • The Arabic wording about the slave working without burden is awkward in the supplied text; the translation preserves its apparent sense. The English witness adds Bukhari and Muslim as attribution, absent from this Arabic passage.