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Sahih al-Bukhari 6947 (Book 89, Hadith 8) #6677
The Value of Compassionate Ownership

SUMMARY: A man from the Ansar made his slave a Mudabbar and had no other property. Allah's Messenger offered to buy the slave, and Nu'aim bin An-Nahham bought him for 800 Dirhams.

Narrated Jabir: A man from the Ansar made his slave, a Mudabbar. And apart from that slave he did not have any other property. This news reached Allah's Messenger and he said, "Who will buy that slave from me?" So Nu'aim bin An-Nahham bought him for 800 Dirham. Jabir added: It was a coptic (Egyptian) slave who died that year.
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ رَجُلاً، مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ دَبَّرَ مَمْلُوكًا، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ مَنْ يَشْتَرِيهِ مِنِّي ‏"‏‏.‏ فَاشْتَرَاهُ نُعَيْمُ بْنُ النَّحَّامِ بِثَمَانِمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ‏.‏ قَالَ فَسَمِعْتُ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ عَبْدًا قِبْطِيًّا مَاتَ عَامَ أَوَّلَ‏.‏

TOPICS
compassion  *  ownership  *  slave  *  istimaar  *  mudabbar  *  dirham  *  dirhams

QUICK LESSONS:
Be compassionate towards those who are less fortunate than you; strive towards freeing slaves whenever possible as an act of kindness and mercy towards them; offer help when you can even if it means sacrificing your own wealth or possessions in order to do so .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about a man from the Ansar who owned a slave, known as a Mudabbar. He was so poor that he did not have any other property besides this one slave. When news of this reached Allah's Messenger, he offered to buy the slave himself in order to help out this man in need. Nu'aim bin An-Nahham then bought the slave for 800 dirhams instead. This story teaches us about compassion and ownership; it shows us how important it is to be kind and generous towards those who are less fortunate than us, even if it means sacrificing our own wealth or possessions in order to do so. It also reminds us that slavery should never be accepted or condoned; rather we should strive towards freeing slaves whenever possible as an act of kindness and mercy towards them.

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