Indeed, from the slave-girls are those that after
saby turned into hard-working, diligent seekers
of knowledge after she found in Islam what
she couldn’t find in kufr, despite the slogans of
“freedom” and “equality.” Indeed it is our pure
Islam, which upraises every lowly-one and puts an
end to every deficiency.
Abū Hurayrah (radiyallāhu ‘anh) said that Allah’s
Messenger (sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said,
“Allah marvels at a people who enter Jannah in
chains” [Reported by al-Bukhārī].
Ibnul-Jawzī (rahimahullāh) said, “This means
that they were captured and enchained. Once
they realized the truth of Islam they entered it
voluntarily, and thus they entered Jannah. So
the coercion into captivity and chains was the
first cause. It is as if he referred to coercion (into
slavery) with the word chains. And because this
was behind them entering Jannah, he regarded it
as the cause” [Fath al-Bārī – Ibn Hajar].
So whoever thinks that the ultimate aim of saby
is pleasure, then he is a mistaken ignoramus.
Otherwise, why did the Sharī’ah urge kindness
towards slaves as well as good treatment of them
even if they are kuffār whom Allah humiliated by
making them into slaves owned by the people of
Islam. Yet He (subhānah) made their liberation
from the lands of kufr a way for their salvation
and guidance towards the straight path.
Abū Dharr (radiyallāhu ‘anh) reported that Allah’s
Messenger (sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said,
“Your brothers whom were placed by Allah into
your hands, feed them of what you eat, dress
them of what you wear, and do not hold them
to account for what they can’t bear. If you hold
them to account, then assist them!” [Reported by
al-Bukhārī and Muslim]
Abū Mas’ūd (radiyallāhu ‘anh) said, “I struck
a young slave of mine and then heard a voice
from behind me saying, ‘Know, O Abū Mas’ūd,
that Allah has more power over you than you
over him.’ Then I turned and saw it was Allah’s
Messenger (sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam). I then
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said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, he is free for Allah’s
sake.’ So he said, ‘If you hadn’t done so, the fire
would’ve surely scorched you’ or ‘the fire would’ve
surely touched you’ [Reported by Muslim].
Yes, this is our – as they allege – “savage” Islam,
ordering us with kindness even towards slaves.
This is demanded even if they were to remain upon
their kufr. And I swear by Allah, I haven’t heard of
nor seen anyone in the Islamic State who coerced
his slave-girl to accept Islam. On the contrary, I
saw all of those who accepted Islam had done so
voluntarily, not against their will. Once she bears
witness that there is no god but Allah and that
Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah and begins
performing what has been prescribed for her of
rites, then we say, “Come and be welcomed.” As
for her heart, then we defer it to Allah (ta’ālā).
As for those who appeared on the screens of
falsehood, claimed to have run away from the
Islamic State, made up lies, and wrote false stories,
then I say, whoever has read history and studied
the Sīrah knows that throughout the times there
were devious and wicked slave-girls with stories
that would turn a newborn’s hair grey. Hafsah,
the Mother of the Believers, (radiyallāhu ‘anhā)
ordered the killing of one of her slave-girls who
had performed sorcery on her, so ‘Abdur-Rahmān
Ibn Zayd Ibn al-Khattāb killed her. The slave-girl
of Ibn ‘Umar (radiyallāhu ‘anhumā) ran away. Will
we thus vilify the people of that time and blame
them?!
They criticize us for a divine, praiseworthy law
and ignore that over which the mountains almost
crumble in shock. So woe unto the deceivers, woe
unto them!
Are slave-girls whom we took by Allah’s command
better, or prostitutes – an evil you do not denounce
– who are grabbed by quasi men in the lands of kufr
where you live? A prostitute in your lands comes
and goes, openly committing sin. She lives by
selling her honor, within the sight and hearing of
the deviant scholars from whom we don’t hear even
a faint sound. As for the slave-girl that was taken by
the swords of men following the cheerful warrior