Buying the children of poor non-Muslim families to teach them Islam
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Some poor non-Muslim families in Russia sell their children. Is it permissible for a Muslim to buy them, teach them Islam, and take them as servants and boys?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible to sell a free person. A free person is not to be sold, and it is not permissible for a Muslim to buy him, because it is forbidden. Selling a free person is forbidden, and consuming the price is forbidden.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Some poor non-Muslim families in Russia sell their children. Is it permissible for a Muslim to buy them, teach them Islam, and take them as servants and boys?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible to sell a free person. A free person is not to be sold, and it is not permissible for a Muslim to buy him, because it is forbidden. Selling a free person is forbidden, and consuming the price is forbidden.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب كراهية النوم قبلها والسمر بعدها إلا في مصلحة — islamhouse.com (1:01:16)
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