Umar on Slaves: Slave injured by their master must be set free

Malik reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, was presented with a servant woman who had been struck by her master with a piece of fire or had been injured by it, so he ordered him to emancipate her.

Source: al-Muwaṭṭa’ 2/403

Al-Shawkani said, “Malik, Al-Awza’i, and Al-Layth adhered to the opinion that a slave is freed on account of that abuse, he will have his loyalty inheritance, and the authorities will punish the master for what he did.”

Source: Nayl al-Awṭār 6/101

عن مالك أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ رضي الله عنه أَتَتْهُ وَلِيدَةٌ قَدْ ضَرَبَهَا سَيِّدُهَا بِنَارٍ أَوْ أَصَابَهَا بِهَا فَأَعْتَقَهَا

2/403 موطأ مالك كتاب العتق والولاء باب عتق أمهات الأولاد وجامع القضاء في العتاقة

قال الشوكاني ذَهَبَ مَالِكٌ وَالْأَوْزَاعِيُّ وَاللَّيْثُ إلَى عِتْقِ الْعَبْدِ بِذَلِكَ وَيَكُونُ وَلَاؤُهُ لَهُ وَيُعَاقِبُهُ السُّلْطَانُ عَلَى فِعْلِهِ

6/101 نيل الأوطار كتاب العتق باب أن من مثل بعبده عتق عليه

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