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Slavery in Islam http://www.twf.org/Library/Slavery.html

The Quran
O mankind! We created you from a single soul, male and female, and made you into nations and tribes, so that you may come to know one another. Truly, the most honored of you in God's sight is the greatest of you in piety. God is All-Knowing, All-Aware. -- 49:13
Prophet Muhammad, 570--632 AD
. . . yield obedience to my successor, although he may be an Abyssinian slave.
He will not enter paradise who behaveth ill to his slaves. The companions said, "O Apostle of God! Have you not told us, that there will be a great many slaves and orphans amongst your disciples?" He said, "Yes; then be kind to them as your own children, and give them to eat of what you eat yourselves. The slaves that say their prayers are your brothers."

[The first call to prayer at the Quba mosque built by Prophet Muhammad was given in 622 by Bilal -- a black slave freed by the Prophet. The Supreme Court of the United States declared in 1857 that the slave Dred Scott could not sue for his freedom because he was not a person, but property.]

Annemarie Schimmel, Islam: An Introduction
Slavery was not abolished by the Koran, but believers are constantly admonished to treat their slaves well. In case of illness a slave has to be looked after and well cared for. To manumit [free] a slave is higly meritorious; the slave can ransom himself by paying some of the money he has earned while conducting his own business. Only children of slaves or non-Muslim prisoners of war can become slaves, never a freeborn Muslim; therefore slavery is theoretically doomed to disappear with the expansion of Islam. The entire history of Islam proves that slaves could occupy any office, and many former military slaves, usually recruited from among the Central Asian Turks, became military leaders and often even rulers as in eastern Iran, India (the Slave Dynasty of Delhi), and medieval Egypt (the Mamluks). Eunuchs too served in important capacities, not only as the guardians of the women's quarters, but also in high administrative and military positions. -- p. 67
Roger Du Pasquier, Unveiling Islam
To answer this question, it should first be remarked that Islam has tolerated slavery but has never approved of it, and that all its teachings and prescriptions in this regard lead to its alleviation as far as possible in the short term, and, in the longer term, conduce to its progressive suppression. To abolish it would have been impossible in a world in which it was generally practiced by all the states which bordered on the new Muslim empire, and in which the idea of challenging the principle itself had not occurred to anyone. It was the custom to enslave prisoners of war -- when these were not simply massacred -- and the Islamic state would have put itself at a grave disadvantage vis-a-vis its enemies had it not reciprocated to some extent. By guaranteeing them humane treatment, and various possibilities of subsequently releasing themselves, it ensured that a good number of combatants in the opposing armies preferred captivity at the hands of Muslims to death on the field of battle.
It should be very clearly underlined that the slavery once practiced in the Muslim world cannot be compared to the form it had assumed -- for instance -- in the Roman Empire. Islamic legislation subjected slaveowners to a set of precise obligations, first among which was the slave's right to life, for, according to a hadith, 'Whoever kills his slave shall be killed by us'. In consequence, the murder of a slave was punished like that of a free man.

There are many other hadiths which define Islam's true attitude in this regard. The Prophet said: 'Your slaves are your brethren; therefore whoever has a brother who depends upon him must feed and clothe him in the way he feeds and clothes himself; and should not impose upon him tasks which exceed his capacity; should you ask them to do such things, then you are obliged to help them.' The Sharia takes this injunction, among many others, into account when defining the responsibilities and duties of slaveholders.

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[milesbetrov]

I became a Muslim in 1977 and one of the most powerful books which reinforced my faith was by Professor Ramakrishnarao (Hindu writer) called Muhammad the Prophet.

I realised how great this man was and have felt the love for him (PBUH) in the hearts of people in all corners of the globe.

I realised through further research that Black Muslims have a beautiful place in history and the empty history of Black civilizations is in-fact hidden and rich with characters that need to be celebrated

[TurbanzRus3]

@RondoRaven yes but your people have perfected it, I mean No body does it as well as you guys.

[TurbanzRus3]

@RondoRaven well damn thats what you white people have been doing for the past 1000 years and continue to be doing, what are you getting a conscious or just being a hypocrite as usual?

[TurbanzRus3]

@RondoRaven yea it kinda would I agree

[TurbanzRus3]

@RondoRaven well Idk about you but I like those numbers

[TurbanzRus3]

@bavarikus where the truth at???

and I think your bush used more taqqiyah then the Muslims combined during his presidency

ps learn how to spell the word you moron

[bavarikus]

@MegaLoveMessage - Thanks for telling the truth!!! The real hypocrits are the muslims. There is one word : Taquiya ...



[TurbanzRus3]

@AFRICA4AFRICANS lool easy because a jew has nothing to gain from admitting the truth about ISLAM....

why wud a rabbi give false credit to ISLAM?

if you dont want the truth i dont know wat else to tell you...

on my page theres videos of science and Quran which is proof ISLAM is from GOD

disprove that then ISLAM is garbage ...if you cant then accept ISLAM or stay blind

decision is yours BROTHER

[AFRICA4AFRICANS]

@TurbanzRus3 ..DEAR BROTHER, why would we believe a group of people called jews(ashkenazi, from khazar) who adopted the hebrew religion..the so-called chosen people of god?!!!!!! who where the owners of slave ships and also traders of african slaves(one jew owned 50 slaves ships, his name was arron lopez) do the math each ship carried 700 slaves 5 trips a year for 100 years..please do your homework..we are wide awake!!!!

[TurbanzRus3]

@AFRICA4AFRICANS

if he was indian you will say why did god need an india, if he was whitem why did god need a white man, if he was an angel why did god need an angel

GOD needs no one ..he choose the last prophet to be an Arab and thats how the cookie crumbles

ok I will do better, I will show you proof from a rabbi that ISLAM was looooooooong before chrsitiaty and even Judaism ...this is from a jewish rabbi

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