How did people own one another in that time, or were people not free?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks how people owned one another.
The Shaykh:
Hmm?
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks how people owned one another in that time until these rulings regarding manumission came? Were people not free?
The Shaykh:
Allah made them slaves because of disbelief. Because of disbelief. So when the Muslims took the children of the disbelievers in battle, they did not kill them. Slavery was imposed upon them. Or regarding the women of the disbelievers, they did not kill them. Slavery was imposed upon them. Slavery was imposed upon them. It is Allah who made them slaves. It is a legal incapacity that takes the place of a person, and its cause is disbelief.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
When they rebelled against worshipping Allah, Allah made them slaves to others. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks how people owned one another.
The Shaykh:
Hmm?
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks how people owned one another in that time until these rulings regarding manumission came? Were people not free?
The Shaykh:
Allah made them slaves because of disbelief. Because of disbelief. So when the Muslims took the children of the disbelievers in battle, they did not kill them. Slavery was imposed upon them. Or regarding the women of the disbelievers, they did not kill them. Slavery was imposed upon them. Slavery was imposed upon them. It is Allah who made them slaves. It is a legal incapacity that takes the place of a person, and its cause is disbelief.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
When they rebelled against worshipping Allah, Allah made them slaves to others. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2194 -3022] كيف يمتلك الناس بعضهم بعضاً في ذلك الزمان، أو لم يكن الناس أحرارا؟ — youtube.com
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