Safīnah said: I was Umm Salāmah’s slave, and she said: I will free you on condition that you serve the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) for as long as you live
Chapter: Emancipating a Slave who is jointly owned, buying a relative, and emancipating during an illness - Section 2
Safīnah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I was Umm Salāmah’s slave, and she said: "I will free you on condition that you serve the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) for as long as you live." I replied: "Even if you do not make this a condition, I will never desert the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) for as long as I live." She manumitted me pursuant to this condition.
Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 3932). Cited in Mishkat al-Masabih (No. 3398).
In this Hadīth, Safīnah (may Allah be pleased with him) relates that he was a slave of Umm Salāmah (may Allah be pleased with her) and she freed him on condition that he served the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) for the rest of his life. He told her that, even if she had not stipulated this condition, he would not desert the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) as long as he lived. She manumitted him subject to this condition. The Hadīth indicates that it is valid to stipulate a condition in relation to the manumission of slaves.
Explanation in Arabic
في هذا الحديث يخبر سفينة رضي الله عنه أنه كان مملوكاً لأم سلمة رضي الله عنها فأعتقته بشرط أن يخدم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم مدة حياته، فأخبرها أنه وإن لم تشترط ذلك فإنه لن يفارق النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ما عاش، فأعتقته واشترطت عليه، فهذا فيه دليل على صحة الشرط في العتق.
جواز تنجيز العتق مع اشتراط نفعه للمعتِق، أو اشتراط نفعه لغير المعتِق.
صحة اشتراط الخدمة على العبد المعتق، وأنه يصح تعليق العتق بشرط، فيقع بوقوع الشرط.
فيه جواز اشتراط الخدمة على المعتَق مدة معلومة بعد العتق أو قبله.
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