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Sunan Ibn Majah 2679

Chapter: Whoever Mutilates His Slave, Then He (The Slave) Is Free

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 2679

Narrator:زنباع بن روح الجذامي

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ السَّلاَمِ، عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي فَرْوَةَ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ رَوْحِ بْنِ زِنْبَاعٍ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّهُ قَدِمَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَدْ خَصَى غُلاَمًا لَهُ

فَأَعْتَقَهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِالْمُثْلَةِ

It was narrated from Salamah bin Rawh bin Zinba', that :

his grandfather came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he had castrated a slave of his. The Prophet (ﷺ) manumitted the slave in compensation for having been mutilated.

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 2679).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( وَقَدْ خَصَى إِلَخْ ) عَلَى مَا فِي الصِّحَاح خَصَيْت الْفَحْل إِذَا سَلَلْت خُصْيَتَيْهِ وَفِي الزَّوَائِد فِي إِسْنَاده ضَعْف لِضَعْفِ إِسْحَاق بْن أَبِي فَرْوَة.…

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Scholars’ grades

The 3 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 2679
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2679
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH Good (hasan)Hasan Lighairihi The hadith No. 2679

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  • الاستيعاب في معرفة الأصحاب لابن عبد البر (111)فَأَعْتَقَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِالْمُثْلَةِ
  • مسند ابن أبي شيبة (673)أَخْصَى غُلامًا لَهُ ، فَأَعْتَقَهُ النَّبِيُّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ بِالْمُثْلَةِ

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