The ruling on selling a slave woman without her child and giving her in gift
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible to sell a slave woman without her child, and likewise to give her in gift?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to separate a mother from her child; this is not permissible. It came in the hadith thatJami` at-Tirmidhi 1566Hasan (Darussalam).
The questioner:
Does the ruling differ if the child is young or grown?
The Shaykh:
The ruling does not differ in that regard. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible to sell a slave woman without her child, and likewise to give her in gift?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to separate a mother from her child; this is not permissible. It came in the hadith that
Whoever separates between a mother and her child, then Allah will separate between him and his beloved on the Day of Judgement.
من فرق بين والدة وولدها فرق الله بينه وبين أحبته يوم القيامةThe questioner:
Does the ruling differ if the child is young or grown?
The Shaykh:
The ruling does not differ in that regard. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، كتاب العتق — islamhouse.com (59:53)
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