Muwatta' Malik 38-7

Translation

Malik related to me from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "If a slave-girl gives birth to a child by her master, he must not sell her, give her away, or bequeath her. He enjoys her and when he dies she is free."

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• Dāraquṭnī

  والصواب عن ابن عمر عن عمر قوله يستمتع بها سيدها ما كان حيا فإذا مات فهي حرة لا تباع ولا توهب ولا تورث

  machine translationThe correct version is from Ibn ʿUmar, from ʿUmar, as his own statement: "Her master may enjoy her as long as he lives, and when he dies she is free; she is not to be sold, given away, or inherited." Report a problem

  in موطأ مالك, p. 1410

Same hadith, other wordings

• Bulughul Maram 794{ نَهَى عُمَرُ عَنْ بَيْعِ أُمَّهَاتِ اَلْأَوْلَادِ فَقَالَ: لَا تُبَاعُ, وَلَا تُوهَبُ, وَلَا تُورَثُ, لِيَسْتَمْتِعْ بِهَا مَا بَدَا لَهُ، فَإِذَا مَاتَ فَهِيَ حُرَّةٌ }

Other narrations of this report

Musannaf 'Abd al-Razzaq 13290Musannaf 'Abd al-Razzaq 13297Musannaf 'Abd al-Razzaq 13302al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 21809al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 21810

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

   Commander of the Faithful (amīr al-muʾminīn), well-known, of abundant virtues (jamm al-manāqib)d. 23 AH, also said: 24 AH
   عُمَر بْن الْخَطَّابأمير المؤمنين مشهور جم المناقب
   أن
2. 2
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

   One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AH
   عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثر
   عن
3. 3
   Nāfiʿ mawlá Ibn ʿUmar

   trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), a well-known jurist (faqīh)d. 116 AH, or 117 AH, or 118 AH, or 119 AH, or 120 AH
   نَافِعٍثقة ثبت فقيه مشهور
   عن
4. 4
   Mālik b. Anas

   The jurist (al-faqīh), the Imam of the Abode of Migration (Imām Dār al-Hijrah), the head of the proficient masters, and the foremost among the meticulous.d. 178 AH, or 179 AH
   مَالِكٌالفقيه ، إمام دار الهجرة ، رأس المتقنين ، وكبير المتثبتين

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