Islam, Slaves and Slavery

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Re: Islam, Slaves and Slavery

@khoji

Still it was allowed. And not every slave was freed even by the best of the companions. If the practice was a abhorred then people should have let go of the slaves out of piety and to seek closeness to God.

So now if a group from among us wants to start this discarded practice then it would be difficult to stop them with any of our arguments. Because these arguments are only implied. These arguments against slavery don’t come straight from Quran or Hadeeth. Thus the prophet never said that slavery is only being allowed for a while, and the real purpose is to abolish it gradually. This is only implied by us, which can be rejected by some hardened group of Muslims wanting to follow Salaf in all ways.

you are right that Islam didn’t come up with the order of abhorrence of the practice, but it highlighted the sufferings and did encouraged good behavior with slaves which was otherwise not considered by the society. It is Islam which gave powers to Bilal (RA) to criticise Hazrat Umar (RA) policies openly. There was something in Islamic teachings that attracted slaves and poor towards it. It was not something implied, it was actions of the Prophet and his companions that reshaped the society and its behavior towards slaves. We don’t hear cruelties like Ummaya bin Khalaf and likes did to their slaves by our Muslim salaf.