Islam Its Belief and Practices - Radical Truth

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126 ISLAM ITS BELIEFS AND PRACTICES SLAVERY AND PUNISHMENT 127 (5) Muslims shall exercise kindness towards their slaves. Sura 4: 40. (6) When slaves can redeem themselves it is the duty of Muslims to grant the emancipation. Sura 24: 33. The Liberation of A Slave. The liberation of a slave can be effected in four ways :- (1) 'Ataq. literally means power and in law expresses the act of the owner of a slave giving immediate and unconditional freedom to his slave. When a person who is free, sane, adult, and the actual owner of the slave in question says to his slave, "Thou art free," or "Thou art liberated", and such like expressions, the slave becomes free, whether the owner mean emancipation or not. (2) Kitabat, literally "a writing", signifies a bond of freedom granted to a slave, in return for money paid. . It is founded on the teaching of the Qur'an, Sura 24: 33. During the interval between the promise of freedom and the payment of the money the slave is called Makatab. A Makatab cannot be sold or given away as present or pawned. (3) Tadbir, literally "arrangement", in the law it is the liberation of a slave after his master's death by an arrangement. In this method . of liberation declaration is made by the master to a slave that he or she shall be free after his death. Such a slave is called Mudabbar. (4) Istilad, Lit. "the off spring's claim". It signifies a man having a child born to him of a female slave, which he claims and acknowledges as his own, which acknowledgment becomes ipso facto the cause of the freedom of the female slave. The woman is then called Ummu'l-walad, the mother of offspring, and stands in relation to her master as his wife. Punishments. Punishments inflicted according to the Muslim law are divided into three classes: (1) l;Iadd, signifies punishments for certain crimes, fixed by the law of the Qur'an and of Traditions. (2) Ta'zir or chastisement for offences, not fixed by the law, but left to the discretion of the Qa
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