Sahih al-Bukhari · Book 50

كِتَاب الْمُكَاتِبِ

The Book of Al-Mukatab

5 hadith · 4 chapters

The chapter divisions

Chapters in this book

12- بَابُ مَا يَجُوزُ مِنْ شُرُوطِ الْمُكَاتَبِ، وَمَنِ اشْتَرَطَ شَرْطًا لَيْسَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ:(2) Chapter. What conditions are permissible for a writing of emancipation and whoever stipulates conditions that are not (present) in Allah’s Book (i.e., not in accordance with Allah’s Laws).23- بَابُ اسْتِعَانَةِ الْمُكَاتَبِ، وَسُؤَالِهِ النَّاسَ:(3) Chapter. Al-Mukatab is permitted to ask others to help him (get his liberation).34- بَابُ بَيْعِ الْمُكَاتَبِ إِذَا رَضِيَ:(4) Chapter. The selling of a Mukatab on his agreement.45- بَابُ إِذَا قَالَ الْمُكَاتَبُ اشْتَرِنِي وَأَعْتِقْنِي. فَاشْتَرَاهُ لِذَلِكَ:(5) Chapter. If a Mukatab slave asks somebody to buy and free him, it is permissible for that person to buy him.

Opening leaves

First narrations

Bukhari · 2561أَنَّ بَرِيرَةَ جَاءَتْ تَسْتَعِينُهَا فِي كِتَابَتِهَا وَلَمْ تَكُنْ قَضَتْ مِنْ كِتَابَتِهَا شَيْئًا ، قَالَتْ لَهَا عَائِشَةُ : ارْجِعِي إِلَى أَهْلِكِ ، فَإِنْ أَحَبُّوا أَنْ أَقْضِيَ عَنْكِ كِتَابَتَكِ وَيَكُونَ وَلThat `Aisha told him that Buraira came to seek her help in her writing of emancipation (for a certain sum) and that time she had not paid anything of it. `Aisha said to her, "Go back to your masters, and if they agree th5 narratorsBukhari · 2562لَا يَمْنَعُكِ ذَلِكِ ، فَإِنَّمَا الْوَلَاءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَAisha wanted to buy a slave-girl in order to manumit her. The girl's masters stipulated that her Wala' would be for them. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said (to `Aisha), "What they stipulate should not stop you, for the Wala' is4 narratorsBukhari · 2563فَمَا بَالُ رِجَالٍ مِنْكُمْ يَشْتَرِطُونَ شُرُوطًا لَيْسَتْ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ ، فَأَيُّمَا شَرْطٍ لَيْسَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَهُوَ بَاطِلٌ ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مِائَةَ شَرْطٍ فَقَضَاءُ اللَّهِ أَحَقُّ وَشَرْطُ اللَّهِ أَوْBuraira came (to `Aisha) and said, "I have made a contract of emancipation with my masters for nine Uqiyas (of gold) to be paid in yearly installments. Therefore, I seek your help." `Aisha said, "If your masters agree, I5 narratorsBukhari · 2564أَنَّ بَرِيرَةَ جَاءَتْ تَسْتَعِينُ عَائِشَةَ أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا ، فَقَالَتْ لَهَا : إِنْ أَحَبَّ أَهْلُكِ أَنْ أَصُبَّ لَهُمْ ثَمَنَكِ صَبَّةً وَاحِدَةً فَأُعْتِقَكِ فَعَلْتُ ، فَذَكَرَتْ بَرِBuraira went to Aisha, the mother of the faithful believers to seek her help in her emancipation Aisha said to her, "If your masters agree, I will pay them your price in a lump sum and manumit you." Buraira mentioned tha5 narratorsBukhari · 2565الْوَلَاءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ ، وَإِنِ اشْتَرَطُوا مِائَةَ شَرْطٍI went to `Aisha and said, "I was the slave of `Utba bin Abu Lahab. "Utba died and his sons became my masters who sold me to Ibn Abu `Amr who manumitted me. The sons of `Utba stipulated that my Wala' should be for them."4 narrators