What is the meaning of his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) in the hadith of Jibril regarding the signs of the Hour: (that the slave woman will give birth to her mistress)?
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The questioner: In the hadith of Jibril, in the hadith of Jibril: ?
The Shaykh: Say: that she gives birth.
The questioner:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2610Sahih (Darussalam), how, O honorableThe Shaykh ؟
The Shaykh: This, may Allah bless you, occurred in some of the flourishing eras when the Islamic armies were spreading in the lands of disbelief, calling them to Islam; some of them would respond, and some would not; so at that time, the Muslim army would do nothing but fight, as came in his saying (peace be upon him):Sahih Muslim 22, and as came in "Sahih Muslim" from the hadith of Buraydah ibn al-Husayb that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) . So when this fighting was taking place between the Muslims and the disbelievers, it would happen in most cases that many captives, both women and men, would fall into the hands of the Muslims. Then the division of these war spoils would take place, including those captives, and the commander of the Muslim army would divide them among the share-holders. It would happen very often, and very often indeed, that the share of some of the share-holders would be a captive woman from among the captives who had fallen into the hands of the Muslims. It is permissible for the Muslim—as I think you know—to enjoy such a captive slave woman as a man enjoys his lawful wife; as He (Glorified and Exalted is He) said in describing His believing servants: [Al-Mu'minun 23:5-6] to the end of the verses. So "what the right hand possesses" is this slave woman who was originally a war spoil from the disbelievers. And what occurred in the early Islamic history—and for long years and extended eras thereafter—was that this master would marry this slave woman, or this maidservant—and she is owned; so he would be given a child from her; it might be a male, and it might be a female. The Shari'ah rules that if this slave woman or maidservant is given a child from her master, then this child frees her. So if the child born to her from her master is a daughter, then this daughter is attached to her father; so she is a free lady. So his saying (peace be upon him): ; she was a slave, then she gave birth to this daughter from her master; so she is her mistress, meaning: her lady. This is one of the meanings mentioned by the commentators of the hadith in this hadith.
And some said another meaning, a figurative meaning, which may be correct, but the first meaning is the one that comes to mind. They said: "And this is an indication of the corruption of upbringing and the corruption of the time; such that the free lady, when she is given a child from her master, her husband—who is also free—only gives birth to a daughter, and because of the poor upbringing of this daughter—and this is observed today—this daughter becomes arrogant toward her mother; so it is as if her mother is a slave owned by her, and she is her mistress." This is one of the meanings of his saying (peace be upon him):. She is not a slave in reality, as in the first interpretation, but with regard to the poor upbringing, her daughter becomes a mistress over her, and she is as if she is a slave to her and owned by her. And the reality is that she is a free woman, the daughter of a free woman, but the poor upbringing reversed the matter; it made the mother—who is a lady—a slave, and made the daughter—who is the daughter of this woman—as if she is the lady who is arrogant over her, and tyrannical over her, and does not listen to her words, and the mother is forced to submit to her orders. And this is what is observed in this time!
Among the signs of the Hour is that the slave woman will give birth to her mistress
من علامات الساعة أن تلدُ الأمة ربتهاThe Shaykh: Say: that she gives birth.
The questioner:
That the slave woman gives birth to her master
أن تلدَ الأمة ربَّتهاThe Shaykh: This, may Allah bless you, occurred in some of the flourishing eras when the Islamic armies were spreading in the lands of disbelief, calling them to Islam; some of them would respond, and some would not; so at that time, the Muslim army would do nothing but fight, as came in his saying (peace be upon him):
It has been narrated on the authority of Abdullah b. 'Umar that the Messenger of Allah said: I have been commanded to fight against people till they testify that there is no god but Allah, that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, and they establish prayer, and pay Zakat and if they do it, their blood and property are guaranteed protection on my behalf except when justified by law, and their affairs rest with Allah.
أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يَشْهَدُوا أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ ، وأن محمَّدًا رسول الله ، فإذا قالوها ؛ فقد عصموا منِّي دماءَهم وأموالَهم إلا بحقِّها ، وحسابهم على اللهHe used to appoint a commander over a detachment or an army and advise them, or it was part of his advice: When you meet the polytheists, call them to one of three things: to the testimony that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and if they refuse, then let them pay the jizyah (tax on protected non-Muslims) from the hand while they are humbled, and if they refuse, then fight
كان إذا أمَّر أميرًا على سرية أو جيش أوصاهم أو كان من وصيته : إذا لقيتم المشركين فادعوهم إلى إحدى ثلاث : إلى شهادة أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمدًا رسول الله ، فإن أبوا ؛ فليعطوا الجزية عن يدٍ وهم صاغرون ، فإن أبوا ؛ فالقتال(5) And they who guard their private parts (6) Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they will not be blamed -
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حافِظُونَ * إِلاَّ عَلى أَزْواجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَAnd that the slave woman will give birth to her mistress
وأن تلد الأمة ربَّتهاAnd some said another meaning, a figurative meaning, which may be correct, but the first meaning is the one that comes to mind. They said: "And this is an indication of the corruption of upbringing and the corruption of the time; such that the free lady, when she is given a child from her master, her husband—who is also free—only gives birth to a daughter, and because of the poor upbringing of this daughter—and this is observed today—this daughter becomes arrogant toward her mother; so it is as if her mother is a slave owned by her, and she is her mistress." This is one of the meanings of his saying (peace be upon him):
And that the slave woman will give birth to her mistress
وأن تلد الأمة ربَّتها
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