Why did Islam not free every slave and slave woman who embraced it as a religion
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The questioner : Is it permissible for a Muslim to have a Muslim slave now?
The Shaykh : And why?!
The questioner : This is not the case now; in the early period, it was permissible.
The Shaykh : Are you saying now?!
The questioner : No, I am not saying now.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I mean, it was permissible!
The Shaykh : Of course.
The questioner : It was permissible?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Yes, well, why does Islam abolish this system?
The Shaykh : Why, according to you?
The questioner : I mean, this system of slavery?
The Shaykh : Why does it abolish it, for what reason? According to you?
The questioner : No, it is not according to me, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Then why are you asking this question?!
The questioner : The religion came with all lawful matters in Islamic religion.
The Shaykh : Why do you say: Why did it not abolish it?!
The questioner : I say: Why did it not abolish it, because every name!
The Shaykh : Is it permissible for you to say why did it not abolish it?
The questioner : This is not exactly my question.
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : I may have erred in the phrasing.
The Shaykh : Yes, I want you to correct it.
The questioner : I may have erred in the phrasing.
The Shaykh: Hehehehe.
The questioner : What I wanted to say, O our Shaykh, is that Islam came in full accordance with the fitrah (the innate natural disposition), is that not so? So every fitrah loves freedom and does not love to be?
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. Do the disbelievers love freedom or not?
The questioner: Of course.
The Shaykh : Why do they fight?
The questioner : They fight?!
The Shaykh : Yes, not against freedom?!
The questioner : I did not understand, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, you understood, but surely you understood, but you did not know the answer, as evidenced by the fact that you asked me: Do the disbelievers love freedom?
The questioner: Of course.
The Shaykh : So you understood, and when the second question came to you: Why do they fight? You also understood, but when you were unable to answer, you said: I did not understand!
The questioner : No, I really did not understand, believe me, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And you believe me.
The questioner : I believe you more than I believe myself, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And I believe you.
The questioner : May Allah preserve you.
The Shaykh : Do the disbelievers love freedom?
The questioner : Of course, how could they not?!
The Shaykh : So my question is understood.
The questioner : Why do they fight?
The Shaykh: No, no.
The questioner : Or not?
The Shaykh : Do not jump ahead.
The questioner : Or not?
The Shaykh : Do the disbelievers love freedom?
The questioner : Yes, they love freedom.
The Shaykh : Yes, so this first question is understood.
The questioner : Yes, it is understood.
The Shaykh : As evidenced by the fact that you answered it.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Well, why do they fight? Is this question understood?
The questioner : They fight because they do not.
The Shaykh : I am asking you?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Is the question understood?
The questioner : This question itself is understood.
The Shaykh : Well, you said earlier that you did not understand.
The questioner : I mean, I did not understand why, why did you ask the question?!
The Shaykh : Hehehe, that is the meaning of my words. You understood the question but did not know the answer.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Ah, now I understood the question.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Did you know the answer, why do they fight?
The questioner : Yes, they fight because they associated partners with Allah.
The Shaykh : They fight so that the word of Allah is the supreme.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So here, the fighting negated freedom!
The questioner : Fighting them negated their freedom!
The Shaykh : Our fighting them negated the freedom that they loved.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : We did not leave them in their freedom, correct?
The questioner : Correct.
The Shaykh : Well, now the third question, and perhaps the last: Is our fighting the disbelievers more important and contrary to the natural freedom, or our enslaving the disbelievers?!
The questioner : How? I did not understand the question! Our fighting the disbelievers!
The Shaykh : We agreed that our fighting the disbelievers is contrary to their freedom.
The questioner: Of course.
The Shaykh : Well, is our enslaving the disbelievers contrary to their freedom?!
The questioner : All the more so, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : See how it is, so why did you ask the previous question?!
The questioner : I did not ask the previous question regarding the disbeliever; I asked the question regarding the slave and the slave woman, both of whom are Muslims?!
The Shaykh : But where did their slavery come from? What was the cause of the slavery?!
The questioner : It was their disbelief.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is it.
The questioner : But originally, the raid and the war were, I mean, the tribes.
The Shaykh : Do not philosophize. Where did their enslavement come from? Was it not because of disbelief?!
The questioner : Yes, because of disbelief. Now they have become Muslims, do they remain slaves?!
The Shaykh : Yes, they remain slaves unless they free themselves through the systematic method, which is manumission.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh: Is it clear?
The questioner : Now it is clear, O our Shaykh. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. Cover it with water and sprinkle some salt on it.
The student : Allah, Allah, hehe.
The Shaykh : And why?!
The questioner : This is not the case now; in the early period, it was permissible.
The Shaykh : Are you saying now?!
The questioner : No, I am not saying now.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I mean, it was permissible!
The Shaykh : Of course.
The questioner : It was permissible?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Yes, well, why does Islam abolish this system?
The Shaykh : Why, according to you?
The questioner : I mean, this system of slavery?
The Shaykh : Why does it abolish it, for what reason? According to you?
The questioner : No, it is not according to me, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Then why are you asking this question?!
The questioner : The religion came with all lawful matters in Islamic religion.
The Shaykh : Why do you say: Why did it not abolish it?!
The questioner : I say: Why did it not abolish it, because every name!
The Shaykh : Is it permissible for you to say why did it not abolish it?
The questioner : This is not exactly my question.
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : I may have erred in the phrasing.
The Shaykh : Yes, I want you to correct it.
The questioner : I may have erred in the phrasing.
The Shaykh: Hehehehe.
The questioner : What I wanted to say, O our Shaykh, is that Islam came in full accordance with the fitrah (the innate natural disposition), is that not so? So every fitrah loves freedom and does not love to be?
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. Do the disbelievers love freedom or not?
The questioner: Of course.
The Shaykh : Why do they fight?
The questioner : They fight?!
The Shaykh : Yes, not against freedom?!
The questioner : I did not understand, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, you understood, but surely you understood, but you did not know the answer, as evidenced by the fact that you asked me: Do the disbelievers love freedom?
The questioner: Of course.
The Shaykh : So you understood, and when the second question came to you: Why do they fight? You also understood, but when you were unable to answer, you said: I did not understand!
The questioner : No, I really did not understand, believe me, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And you believe me.
The questioner : I believe you more than I believe myself, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And I believe you.
The questioner : May Allah preserve you.
The Shaykh : Do the disbelievers love freedom?
The questioner : Of course, how could they not?!
The Shaykh : So my question is understood.
The questioner : Why do they fight?
The Shaykh: No, no.
The questioner : Or not?
The Shaykh : Do not jump ahead.
The questioner : Or not?
The Shaykh : Do the disbelievers love freedom?
The questioner : Yes, they love freedom.
The Shaykh : Yes, so this first question is understood.
The questioner : Yes, it is understood.
The Shaykh : As evidenced by the fact that you answered it.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Well, why do they fight? Is this question understood?
The questioner : They fight because they do not.
The Shaykh : I am asking you?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Is the question understood?
The questioner : This question itself is understood.
The Shaykh : Well, you said earlier that you did not understand.
The questioner : I mean, I did not understand why, why did you ask the question?!
The Shaykh : Hehehe, that is the meaning of my words. You understood the question but did not know the answer.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Ah, now I understood the question.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Did you know the answer, why do they fight?
The questioner : Yes, they fight because they associated partners with Allah.
The Shaykh : They fight so that the word of Allah is the supreme.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So here, the fighting negated freedom!
The questioner : Fighting them negated their freedom!
The Shaykh : Our fighting them negated the freedom that they loved.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : We did not leave them in their freedom, correct?
The questioner : Correct.
The Shaykh : Well, now the third question, and perhaps the last: Is our fighting the disbelievers more important and contrary to the natural freedom, or our enslaving the disbelievers?!
The questioner : How? I did not understand the question! Our fighting the disbelievers!
The Shaykh : We agreed that our fighting the disbelievers is contrary to their freedom.
The questioner: Of course.
The Shaykh : Well, is our enslaving the disbelievers contrary to their freedom?!
The questioner : All the more so, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : See how it is, so why did you ask the previous question?!
The questioner : I did not ask the previous question regarding the disbeliever; I asked the question regarding the slave and the slave woman, both of whom are Muslims?!
The Shaykh : But where did their slavery come from? What was the cause of the slavery?!
The questioner : It was their disbelief.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is it.
The questioner : But originally, the raid and the war were, I mean, the tribes.
The Shaykh : Do not philosophize. Where did their enslavement come from? Was it not because of disbelief?!
The questioner : Yes, because of disbelief. Now they have become Muslims, do they remain slaves?!
The Shaykh : Yes, they remain slaves unless they free themselves through the systematic method, which is manumission.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh: Is it clear?
The questioner : Now it is clear, O our Shaykh. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. Cover it with water and sprinkle some salt on it.
The student : Allah, Allah, hehe.
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