Some people say: Islam came to abolish slavery. What is the validity of this statement?
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Question:
The Shaykh said: May Allah guide you. This questioner says: Some people say that Islam came to abolish slavery. What is the validity of this statement?
Answer:
What does it mean? Abolishing slavery? How does it abolish slavery? Islam commanded the freeing of slaves and encouraged it, or did it abolish slavery? Because some people say that Islam abolished slavery and only left some of it as a gradual concession. This is a false statement, as Sayyid Qutb and others said in *In the Shade of the Qur'an*. This is a false statement. This is a false statement. Slavery is established in the Shari'ah and in the previous laws. No one denies it except an ignorant person or an atheist.
The Shaykh said: May Allah guide you. This questioner says: Some people say that Islam came to abolish slavery. What is the validity of this statement?
Answer:
What does it mean? Abolishing slavery? How does it abolish slavery? Islam commanded the freeing of slaves and encouraged it, or did it abolish slavery? Because some people say that Islam abolished slavery and only left some of it as a gradual concession. This is a false statement, as Sayyid Qutb and others said in *In the Shade of the Qur'an*. This is a false statement. This is a false statement. Slavery is established in the Shari'ah and in the previous laws. No one denies it except an ignorant person or an atheist.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2201 -3022] يقول بعضهم: إن الإسلام جاء برفع العتق، فما صحة هذا القول؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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